topic Re: Installing Apache in Operating System - HP-UX

Installing Apache

Tim Rotunda — Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:45:08 GMT

I am having trouble installing apache from the apache-1.3.12-sd-11.00.depot file that I downloaded from the porting center (twice). Swinstall displays the following error:
"There is currently no depot software on host ......."

Is there something I'm missing here?

Re: Installing Apache

Denver Osborn — Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:50:36 GMT

What syntax are you using to install the apache depot file?

# swinstall -s /path_to_depot/apache.depot

Re: Installing Apache

John Palmer — Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:52:01 GMT

Are you supplying the full pathname of the depot file? eg
swinstall -s /tmp/apache-1.3.12-sd-11.00.depot

Re: Installing Apache

Bolek Mynarski — Wed, 11 Oct 2000 15:54:58 GMT

I just want to give you heads up once you get passed your "depot" problem. When I was installing depot version of Apache, after installation, I could not run it. It was constantly dying. Finally I decided to grab a srouce file and compile it myself. If you choose that later route, make sure that you have gcc compiler on your system. :-)

Re: Installing Apache

Tim Rotunda — Wed, 11 Oct 2000 16:01:24 GMT

The command used is:
swinstall -s /var/tmp/apache-1.3.12-sd-11.00.depot

It acts like the depot is bad, but I have downloaded it twice now.

Re: Installing Apache

Andreas Voss — Wed, 11 Oct 2000 16:54:23 GMT

Hi,

The depots at the download site are (gzip) compressed. Possibly you have downloaded the file with the extension .depot but its still compressed.
rename the file:
mv /var/tmp/apache-1.3.12-sd-11.00.depot /var/tmp/apache-1.3.12-sd-11.00.depot.gz
then uncompress it with:
gzip -d /var/tmp/apache-1.3.12-sd-11.00.depot
Now you should have the true depot for swinstall.

Regards

Re: Installing Apache

Tim Rotunda — Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:03:50 GMT

The file was downloaded with the .gz extension and gzip -d was used to decompress the file.

Re: Installing Apache

Andreas Voss — Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:10:30 GMT

Hi,

depot files are in tar format.
So try a tar -tvf /var/tmp/apache-1.3.12-sd-11.00.depot
and see if files are listed.
BTW you have depot for HP-UX 11.00, is your system also HP-UX 11.00 ?

Regards

Re: Installing Apache

Tim Rotunda — Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:39:08 GMT

Yes, the depot looks fine when evaluating it with a tar tvf apa.....

And yes, I am on 11.0.

Re: Installing Apache

Andreas Voss — Wed, 11 Oct 2000 17:43:20 GMT

Hi,

very strange. I have no more idea - sorry.

Re: Installing Apache

Denver Osborn — Thu, 12 Oct 2000 03:31:21 GMT

I'm sure you've already done the usual restart of swagentd?

Have you tried to register the depot?

# swreg -l depot /tmp/apache-1.3.12-sd-11.00.depot

If success then stop/start swagentd and swinstall. Have you got another system you could try to swinstall it to.. just to see if it complains in the same manner?

Re: Installing Apache

Steve Post — Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:47:11 GMT

I am guessing that you have two problems: 1. You don't have no gzip. 2. The c-compiler on your box probably is NOT ansi standard C (it's k&r). That's why you need gcc to compile the apache source. Now I don't know if this helps, but I had to do this way. In order to use gzip/gunzip, you need to get something called "bin utilities". After you load THAT software depot file, you can gunzip stuff. Then get gcc and load it. Then, you download the apache source and compile with gcc instead of cc. This is what I had to do. I did not know an apache depot file existed.