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Date:      Sun, 24 Feb 2002 10:26:51 +0500
From:      "Haikal Saadh" <wyldephyre2@yahoo.com>
To:        "'Paul'" <paulcb_mcse@yahoo.com>, "'freebsd.org'" <freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org>
Cc:        "'freebsd.org'" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   RE: installations questions
Message-ID:  <000901c1bcf3$e2f64630$fec801ca@warhawk>
In-Reply-To: <200202240508.AAA27239@alpha.vaxxine.com>

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-
> newbies@FreeBSD.ORG] On Behalf Of Paul
> Sent: Sunday, February 24, 2002 10:09 AM
> To: freebsd.org
> Cc: freebsd.org
> Subject: installations questions
>
>
> I just have two issues that I am not clear on.
>
> 1st.  Netscape install ... I tried the  freebsd.tar.gz file. It did
> not work because of an  a.out---elf issue. So I tried the
> Linux.tar.gz file and it works fine.
> I notice that a pkg_  has a .tgz extention not  .tar.gz.
> Is the  .tar.gz  file a package?
> How can I avoid the   a.out---elf issue in the future?
>

.tgz's are usually packages, which are binaries that someone has
already compiled, and so you just need to put them in the right
places (well, pkg_add does it for you).

.tar.gz are usually source code, which you compile and install
yourself (with make and make install).

I for one, always use ports (compile from source) as I find the
process less clunky, and a tad more predictable that packages.

>
> 2nd.    Apache install ... I tried to install 2.0? and 1.3 from the
> ports tree. They did not work. I kept getting error on line 205
> LOADMODULE problem. Sorry I can't be more specific.
> So then I deinstall everything Apache and try again.
> This time I use the /stand/sysinstall method.
> Apache fires up just fine now.
> How configureable is this install of Apache?
> What went wrong in the ports intall?
>

Odd..I've never had apache break on an install from ports... but it
sounds like some of your modules did not get properly installed. The
apache logfiles live in /var/log/, and provide a wealth of
information as to what's happening with your server.

As for configurability, with the packaged one, you can't set any
options that need to be set at compile-time, but most if not all
options that can be set from the config-file or at runtime can be set
AFAIK.


> I have soooooo many questions. And I think that I am not sure what
> the right questions to ask are.
> Thanks for your time.
> Paul...


All in good time :) I've found the handbook, the freebsddiary, and
google to be my best friends when tearing my hair out.

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