Date: Wed, 25 Jan 2006 16:13:01 -0600 From: Greg Barniskis <nalists@scls.lib.wi.us> To: James Munro <jimmn_1999@yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Apache not included Message-ID: <43D7F7ED.5050009@scls.lib.wi.us> In-Reply-To: <20060125213407.6168.qmail@web33002.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20060125213407.6168.qmail@web33002.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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James Munro wrote: > I'm a bit of a new user to BSD from Windows/Linux. But I recently went thru the 5.4 version installer and was pleased at how simple it was to install the Apache web server thru the sysinstall menus. After reinstalling with 6.0 I was surprised to find that apache wasn't an option from this menu. > > Any ideas if this is an omission or intentional? I would think a webserver would definitely be included in the basic config. Lots of things that are very, very popular and/or useful are not in the base system, for lots of good reasons. This is no great hardship though, since things are usually quite easy to add on later. In the past you were probably using the installer feature that lets you add 3rd party ported software packages to the base system immediately after the base OS is installed. I wasn't aware that the prompt for package add-ons had been removed from the installer script for 6.0, but I could be wrong. Perhaps you just missed it? I've a feeling the Handbook may need some updating with regard to screen shots but generally what you should have seen is described in part 2.9.14 of the Handbook http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/install-post.html In any case, the cure is simple if you elected to install the framework for the ports collection. Simply pkg_add -r apache If you did not install the ports framework when prompted to do so, then you will have to configure cvsup or portsnap and sync your ports tree before adding apache (or, reinstall and install the ports tree and apache during install). -- Greg Barniskis, Computer Systems Integrator South Central Library System (SCLS) Library Interchange Network (LINK) <gregb at scls.lib.wi.us>, (608) 266-6348
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