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Installing and Starting Apache HTTP Server on a Unix System

Extract the Apache HTTP Server installation package, build the Web server and start it.

Procedure

  1. From the Apache HTTP Web site, download http-VERSION.tar.gz, where VERSION is the version of Apache HTTP Server, to a location of your choice.
  2. Extract the contents of this package by running the following commands from the Unix command prompt:

    gzip -d http-VERSION.tar.gz

    tar xvf http-VERSION.tar

    where VERSION is the version of Apache HTTP Server.

  3. Use the documentation for Apache HTTP Server to build the Apache HTTP Web server.
  4. In terminal, navigate to the bin/ subdirectory of your Apache home directory and enter the following command:

    apachectl start