2006-10-03 Mod perl and Slackware

Note: these steps are obsolete. In the comments, McDutchy points out a much easier way. This is much less work and also doesn't require any packages to be reinstalled.

Slackware 10.2 doesn't include mod_perl. To install this package while staying as close to the original Slackware installation, we're going to compile mod_perl using the patched Apache that's particular to Slackware.

First we download Slackware's Apache source and mod_perl. Download all the Slackware files from your favorite mirror. Also download mod_perl and put it in the same directory.

Edit the Slackware build script apache.SlackBuild. Add the following line after line 26:

 tar xvzf $CWD/mod_perl-1.0-current.tar.gz

Before the comment line that says "# build apache", insert the following lines:

  # build mod_perl
  cd $TMP/mod_perl-1.29
  perl Makefile.PL \
    APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.33/src \
    NO_HTTPD=1 \
    USE_APACI=1 \
    PREP_HTTPD=1 \
    EVERYTHING=1 \
  make
  make install

Finally add the following line after the ./configure options of Apache:

  --activate-module=src/modules/perl/libperl.a \

As root, execute the Slackware build script. When it's done, install the resulting package:

  # sh ./apache.SlackBuild
  # installpkg /tmp/apache-1.3.33-i486-1.tgz

If any question comes up, accept the default. After installation, you may also need to add the following lines to the file /etc/apache/httpd.conf:

  LoadModule perl_module        libexec/apache/libperl.so
  AddModule mod_perl.c