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authorAstrid Malo <kess@apache.org>2002-09-17 10:28:38 +0200
committerAstrid Malo <kess@apache.org>2002-09-17 10:28:38 +0200
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@@ -84,46 +84,36 @@
<p>The following requirements exist for building Apache:</p>
- <ul>
- <li>Disk Space<br />
- <br />
- Make sure you have at least 50 MB of temporary free disk
+ <dl>
+ <dt>Disk Space</dt>
+ <dd>Make sure you have at least 50 MB of temporary free disk
space available. After installation Apache occupies
approximately 10 MB of disk space. The actual disk space
requirements will vary considerably based on your chosen
- configuration options and any third-party modules.<br />
- <br />
- </li>
+ configuration options and any third-party modules.</dd>
- <li>ANSI-C Compiler and Build System<br />
- <br />
- Make sure you have an ANSI-C compiler installed. The <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc.html">GNU C
+ <dt>ANSI-C Compiler and Build System</dt>
+ <dd>Make sure you have an ANSI-C compiler installed. The <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc.html">GNU C
compiler (GCC)</a> from the <a href="http://www.gnu.org/">Free Software Foundation (FSF)</a>
is recommended (version 2.7.2 is fine). If you don't have GCC
then at least make sure your vendor's compiler is ANSI
compliant. In addition, your <code>PATH</code> must contain
- basic build tools such as <code>make</code>.<br />
- <br />
- </li>
+ basic build tools such as <code>make</code>.</dd>
- <li>Accurate time keeping<br />
- <br />
- Elements of the HTTP protocol are expressed as the time of
+ <dt>Accurate time keeping</dt>
+ <dd>Elements of the HTTP protocol are expressed as the time of
day. So, it's time to investigate setting some time
synchronization facility on your system. Usually the
- <code>ntpdate</code> or xntpd programs are used for this purpose which
- are based on the Network Time Protocol (NTP). See the Usenet newsgroup
- <a href="news:comp.protocols.time.ntp">comp.protocols.time.ntp</a>
+ <code>ntpdate</code> or <code>xntpd</code> programs are used for
+ this purpose which are based on the Network Time Protocol (NTP).
+ See the Usenet newsgroup <a href="news:comp.protocols.time.ntp">comp.protocols.time.ntp</a>
and the <a href="http://www.eecis.udel.edu/~ntp/">NTP
homepage</a> for more details about NTP software and public
- time servers.<br />
- <br />
- </li>
-
- <li><a href="http://www.perl.org/">Perl 5</a>
- [OPTIONAL]<br />
- <br />
- For some of the support scripts like <a href="programs/apxs.html">apxs</a> or <a href="programs/dbmmanage.html">dbmmanage</a> (which are
+ time servers.</dd>
+
+ <dt><a href="http://www.perl.org/">Perl 5</a>
+ [OPTIONAL]</dt>
+ <dd>For some of the support scripts like <a href="programs/apxs.html">apxs</a> or <a href="programs/dbmmanage.html">dbmmanage</a> (which are
written in Perl) the Perl 5 interpreter is required (versions
5.003 or newer are sufficient). If no such interpreter is found by
the `<code>configure</code>' script there is no harm. Of course, you
@@ -132,10 +122,8 @@
installed (perhaps a Perl 4 from the vendor and a Perl 5 from
your own), then it is recommended to use the <code>--with-perl</code>
option (see below) to make sure the correct one is selected
- by <code>./configure</code>.<br />
- <br />
- </li>
- </ul>
+ by <code>./configure</code>.</dd>
+ </dl>
</div><div class="top"><a href="#page-header"><img alt="top" src="./images/up.gif" /></a></div><div class="section"><h2><a name="download" id="download">Download</a></h2>
<p>Apache can be downloaded from the <a href="http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/">Apache Software