Perhaps you could describe the problem you had with the source install and we could help you through it?
Hi Motoma,
I could not find the source for apache.I am inside the directory (mod_perl-1.30).I am giving the details when i ran the perl makefile.PL.Inside /usr/apache i could not find any src directory..That is my issue...
# perl Makefile.PL
Enter `q' to stop search
Please tell me where I can find your apache src
[../apache_x.x/src] /usr/apache
Configure mod_perl with /usr/apache ? [y] y
Can't open /usr/apache/modules/perl/Makefile: No such file or directory
Can't open /usr/apache/modules/perl/Makefile: No such file or directory
Can't open /usr/apache/modules/perl/Makefile: No such file or directory
Can't open /usr/apache/modules/perl/Makefile: No such file or directory
Can't open /usr/apache/modules/perl/Makefile: No such file or directory
PerlDispatchHandler.........disabled (enable with PERL_DISPATCH=1)
Can't open /usr/apache/modules/perl/Makefile: No such file or directory
PerlChildInitHandler........enabled
Can't open /usr/apache/modules/perl/Makefile: No such file or directory
PerlChildExitHandler........enabled
PerlPostReadRequestHandler..disabled (enable with PERL_POST_READ_REQUEST=1)
PerlTransHandler............disabled (enable with PERL_TRANS=1)
PerlHeaderParserHandler.....disabled (enable with PERL_HEADER_PARSER=1)
PerlAccessHandler...........disabled (enable with PERL_ACCESS=1)
PerlAuthenHandler...........disabled (enable with PERL_AUTHEN=1)
PerlAuthzHandler............disabled (enable with PERL_AUTHZ=1)
PerlTypeHandler.............disabled (enable with PERL_TYPE=1)
PerlFixupHandler............disabled (enable with PERL_FIXUP=1)
Can't open /usr/apache/modules/perl/Makefile: No such file or directory
PerlHandler.................enabled
PerlLogHandler..............disabled (enable with PERL_LOG=1)
PerlInitHandler.............disabled (enable with PERL_INIT=1)
PerlCleanupHandler..........disabled (enable with PERL_CLEANUP=1)
PerlRestartHandler..........disabled (enable with PERL_RESTART=1)
PerlStackedHandlers.........disabled (enable with PERL_STACKED_HANDLERS=1)
PerlMethodHandlers..........disabled (enable with PERL_METHOD_HANDLERS=1)
PerlDirectiveHandlers.......disabled (enable with PERL_DIRECTIVE_HANDLERS=1)
PerlTableApi................disabled (enable with PERL_TABLE_API=1)
PerlLogApi..................disabled (enable with PERL_LOG_API=1)
PerlUriApi..................disabled (enable with PERL_URI_API=1)
PerlUtilApi.................disabled (enable with PERL_UTIL_API=1)
PerlFileApi.................disabled (enable with PERL_FILE_API=1)
Can't open /usr/apache/modules/perl/Makefile: No such file or directory
PerlConnectionApi...........enabled
Can't open /usr/apache/modules/perl/Makefile: No such file or directory
PerlServerApi...............enabled
PerlSections................disabled (enable with PERL_SECTIONS=1)
PerlSSI.....................disabled (enable with PERL_SSI=1)
Can't open /usr/apache/modules/perl/Makefile: No such file or directory
cat: cannot open /usr/apache/Makefile.config
cat: cannot open /usr/apache/modules/perl/Makefile
mv: cannot rename /tmp/mpmf.15341: No such file or directory
Will run tests as User: 'nobody' Group: 'other'
Checking CGI.pm VERSION..........ok
Checking for LWP::UserAgent......failed
Can't locate LWP/UserAgent.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ./lib /usr/perl5/5.00503/sun4-solaris /usr/perl5/5.00503 /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.005 .) at Makefile.PL line 1179.
The libwww-perl library is needed to run the test suite.
Installation of this library is recommended, but not required.
Checking for HTML::HeadParser....failed
Can't locate HTML/HeadParser.pm in @INC (@INC contains: ./lib /usr/perl5/5.00503/sun4-solaris /usr/perl5/5.00503 /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.005/sun4-solaris /usr/perl5/site_perl/5.005 .) at Makefile.PL line 1199.
The HTML-Parser package is needed (by libwww-perl) to run the test suite.
Checking if your kit is complete...
Looks good
Writing Makefile for Apache
Writing Makefile for Apache::Connection
Writing Makefile for Apache::Constants
Writing Makefile for Apache::File
Writing Makefile for Apache::Leak
Writing Makefile for Apache::Log
Writing Makefile for Apache::ModuleConfig
Writing Makefile for Apache::PerlRunXS
Writing Makefile for Apache::Server
Writing Makefile for Apache::Symbol
Writing Makefile for Apache::Table
Writing Makefile for Apache::URI
Writing Makefile for Apache::Util
Writing Makefile for mod_perl