Subject: Re: Building apache from source
To: None <netbsd-help@netbsd.org>
From: Dan Labute <dan.labute@netcontech.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 02/02/2006 17:20:41
Brian Asemi <asemisldkfj <at> gmail.com> writes:
>
> Dan Labute wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> >
> >
> > Just wondering if someone could walk me through building apache2
> > from source on an i386 machine? I've read over the pkgsrc documentation,
> > however I found it unclear about how to actually get the distfiles.
>
> Not sure why you cross-posted this, I believe that's frowned upon around
> here. pkgsrc automatically fetches the distfiles when you run make
> install. If you're talking about the pkgsrc distfile, it's available
> via FTP at ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/pkgsrc/.
>
>
Ah, my apologies - I'll keep the cross-posting in check in the future. I guess
I'm just unclear on one thing - what do I run make install on exactly? I assume
I have to have something present on my machine before I can try to make install
apache2? If so, what do I need to get?