From owner-freebsd-questions Sat Feb 23 21:27:24 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from smtp018.mail.yahoo.com (smtp018.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.174.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id F289037B405 for ; Sat, 23 Feb 2002 21:27:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from wyldephyre2 (AUTH LOGIN) at unknown (HELO warhawk) (wyldephyre2@202.1.200.254) by smtp.mail.vip.sc5.yahoo.com with SMTP; 24 Feb 2002 05:27:13 -0000 From: "Haikal Saadh" To: "'Paul'" , "'freebsd.org'" Cc: "'freebsd.org'" Subject: RE: installations questions Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2002 10:26:51 +0500 Message-ID: <000901c1bcf3$e2f64630$fec801ca@warhawk> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.2616 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <200202240508.AAA27239@alpha.vaxxine.com> Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 > -----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. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use iQA/AwUBPHh4whY2HTS0XwU2EQKmmACfS6mBKvELkd03OmGMX/YwETKk6yoAnA+C GMm5Tj7J7xNYUSP23Iks4Y5r =M+f6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message