Will McDonald wrote: > On 10/01/07, Karl R. Balsmeier <karl at klxsystems.net> wrote: > >> hey I already compiled apache 2.0.58 from source onto my centos server >> and noticed I needed to get SSL module added "after the fact" >> >> -what are the commands I would run to get this working without wiping >> everything out and starting over? > > > It's generally recommended that you DO NOT compile *anything* from > source for CentOS or any other RPM-based distro unless you have > absolutely no other option and you know what you're doing. > > And under those circumstances you should at least consider rebuilding > a custom RPM with whatever additional functionality you require from > the SRPM so it's still packaged and runs far less risk of breaking the > system. > > If you need Apache with SSL support the recommended method would be to > install the 'httpd' and 'mod_ssl' packages and their dependencies with > the command... > > # yum install httpd mod_ssl > > or > > > There's lots more useful information on the CentOS site and in the Wiki. > > http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/yum/sn-software-management-tools.html > http://www.centos.org/docs/4/html/yum/sn-managing-packages.html > http://wiki.centos.org/?action=fullsearch&context=180&value=yum&titlesearch=Titles > > > Will. > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos Hi Will, I understand all of the centos-package-only rhetoric but am still curious about a technical answer to my specific technical question. I appreciate all of the helpful pointers you've copied in from the site -but in this case the question is more important than enforcing the packaging paradigm -and I support the project's views on that and have seen them many times. To wit, Community Enterprise OS is used outside of this context all of the time -in this case for a highly scientific purpose related to optimizing chip yields -with, (gasp), things compiled from source which are (sigh of relief) eventually turned into nifty RPM files that can be shared/modified/perfected by the community by the brilliant likes of the centos package maintainers at their noble and highly revered discretion. "To do the science we must do the work". So apologies for the "outside the box" moment. We are doing this work on 60+ 64-bit servers, all of whom have apache from source because we had our own needs to answer to and this OS was the closest match to the need to make a javagroups application cluster, which it does very very well. If anyone knows, much appreciated, -you can just email me 'off-list'. I emailed the mod_sslusers list so hopefull that'll get a nice clear answer. And just to be really clear, no negative attitude here or anything, -just looking for a community assist on an important question. thanx! -krb