Make install - wrong directory - how to fix 1

[mhamilton3]

Hello All,
I am a sys admin novice and I am installing Apache 2.0 on a Sun Solaris Box. I followed all directions to get the Apache 2.0 installation to happen and then I realized I do not have access to update the default directory (/usr/local/apache2). So I just started the process over again and gave 'configure' a different prefix directory - one I do have access to. It appeared to create the directories properly, but when I do 'make install' it still tries to use /usr/local/apache2 instead of the directory I gave to 'configure'. I am running on a hosted machine and I do not have access to the root and can not get it. I can install my own version and do a port redirect (which I will also have to figure out) to see the new version of Apache.

Should I start over again (if so, how do I unistall) or is there a simple configuration file I can update. Thanks for your help.

 

[Wishdiak]

mhamilton3,

Even without root access you should be able to copy (recursively) all of the files in /usr/local/apache2 to another directory that you do have access to.

If Apache is already running on this host, you won't be able to start another Apache process however.

Wishdiak

http://www.wishdiak.com

 

[mhamilton3]

Thanks Wishdiak,
The folks at Verio convinced me that I could do this. After getting your message, I called them on it and they said - oops, you can't do it. Thanks for you info.

 

[Wishdiak]

mhamilton3,

What exactly can't you do? If you already have Apache running on this box, you could always network another box to run another instance of Apache on.

Wishdiak

http://www.wishdiak.com

 

[mhamilton3]

Wishdiak,
I don't currently own any boxes, I am hosting them through Via Verio. They have shared FreeBSD boxes that allow me to have my own virtual environment with Root Access. On these boxes I can upgrade the version of Apache or anything else I want. On the Solaris boxes (still hosted with Via Verio) they environment is semi-virtual. Apache version is shared by everyone on the box. So what I was looking to do was basically run two different versions of Apache on the same box, but have Apache one just redirect traffic to Apache 2.x. I am pretty sure I am out of luck.