From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 18 14:00:20 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA02945 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 18 May 1998 14:00:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from nwalme.pair.com (nwalme.pair.com [209.68.1.123]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA02705 for ; Mon, 18 May 1998 13:59:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dima@nwalme.pair.com) Received: (from dima@localhost) by nwalme.pair.com (8.8.8/8.6.12) id QAA15107; Mon, 18 May 1998 16:59:20 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199805182059.QAA15107@nwalme.pair.com> X-Envelope-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Apache Web Server To: frankg@idfw.com Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 16:59:20 -0400 (EDT) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <001901bd824a$9d9636a0$0200a8c0@fast1.dfw.com> from Frank Griffith at "May 18, 98 05:49:20 am" From: Dima Dorfman X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL22 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > I have FreeBSD 2.2.6 running on a Pentium 75 system with 32 > Meg RAM. I am still a newbie to FreeBSD and need a little extra > assistance with loading Apache Web Server. I am downloading the > files apache_1.3b6.tar.Z, and apache_1.3b6.tar.gz from 'ftp.apache.org'. http://www.apache.org/dist/ > > In addition I found the FreeBSD 2.2 related copies under the ./binaries > folder and thought better get these also just in case. These two files are: > > apache_1.2.5-i386-whatever-freebsd-2.2.tar.Z > apache_1.2.5-i386-whatever-freebsd-2.2.tar.gz > Dunno what these are > It's obvious one is the beta version 1.3.6 and the other the release version > 1.2.5. So, can someone tell me, in very simple, newbie terms now, how I > go about using these files to setup my FreeBSD box as an Apache server? 1.1.5 is old. Try 1.2.6: http://www.apache.org/dist/apache_1.2.6.tar.Z > > I was actually looking for files with only the .tar extension. What is the .Z on > the end of the files mean? What's the difference between *.tar, *.tar.Z and *.tar.gz? > Why do I ask so many newbie questions? Because I'm still a newbie! Thanks in > advance for any help offered. .Z is 'compress' man compress DON'T SEND HTML TO THE LIST [text/html is unsupported, treating like TEXT/PLAIN] > > > > > > > > >
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I have FreeBSD 2.2.6 running on a Pentium 75 > system with 32
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Meg RAM. I am still a newbie to FreeBSD and need > a little extra
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assistance with loading Apache Web Server. I am > downloading the
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files apache_1.3b6.tar.Z, and > apache_1.3b6.tar.gz from 'ftp.apache.org'.
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In addition I found the FreeBSD 2.2 related copies under the > ./binaries
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folder and thought better get these also > just in case. These two files are:
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    > apache_1.2.5-i386-whatever-freebsd-2.2.tar.Z
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    > apache_1.2.5-i386-whatever-freebsd-2.2.tar.gz
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It's obvious one is the beta version 1.3.6 and the other the > release version
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1.2.5. So, can someone tell me, in very simple, newbie terms > now, how I
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go about using these files to setup my FreeBSD box as an > Apache server?
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I was actually looking for files with only the .tar extension. > What is the .Z on
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the end of the files mean? What's the difference between > *.tar, *.tar.Z and *.tar.gz?
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Why do I ask so many newbie questions? Because I'm still a > newbie! Thanks in
>
advance for any help > offered.
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