10.2 Installing Embperl

Embperl does not come standard on Red Hat (yet), so you need to install it. Get the latest source from ftp://ftp.dev.ecos.de/pub/perl/embperl/. As of this writing, the latest beta release was 2.0b3, ^[1] so the file we want is HTML-Embperl-2.0b3.tar.gz . Save it in /tmp .

^[1] The latest stable release was 1.3.4, but the new release, version 2, will probably be the stable release when this book is printed, so we will install version 2.

Change directory to /tmp and do the following:

 $  cd /tmp  $  tar xzf HTML-Embperl-2.0b3.tar.gz  $  cd HTML-Embperl-2.0b3  $  perl Makefile.PL  

You will then be prompted for some site-specific information. The important information you need is the locations of the following files:

• httpd.h ” located at /usr/include/apache/httpd.h

• httpd ” located at /usr/sbin/httpd

• mod_env.so ” located at /usr/lib/apache/mod_env.so

Check that these files can be found at these locations on your machine. If you find them in a different location, make the necessary adjustments in the following responses (wrapped for readability):

 Build with support for Apache mod_perl?(y/n) [y]  y  Searching for Apache sources...  Look at ..  Look at ../src  Look at ./src  Apache source not found, enter path name or q to quit    []  /usr/include/apache  Searching for Apache sources...  Look at /usr/include/apache  Use /usr/include/apache as Apache source(y/n) [y]  y  Will use /usr/include/apache for Apache Headers  Enter path and file to start as httpd [/usr/include/apache/httpd]  /usr/sbin/httpd  Apache Version Server version: Apache/1.3.19 (Unix) (Red-Hat/Linux)  Library for mod_env.c not found, please enter path to mod_env.so    []  /usr/lib/apache  .  .  . 

Now make , test , and install :

 $  make  $  make test  $  su  #  make install  

That's it, assuming no errors ”Embperl is installed. Make sure by checking the online documentation:

 $  perldoc HTML::Embperl  

You should see the HTML::Embperl man page.