How do I install Apache modules?

Question

I have installed Apache 2.2 on my Mac OS X 10.4 machine, from source. Now, I want to download/add/install/enable modules. For example, I'd like libphp5, mod_rewrite, etc. How would I go about finding and adding these modules to my installation?

Answer 1

You have to use apxs.

apxs is a tool for building and installing extension modules for the Apache HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server. This is achieved by building a dynamic shared object (DSO) from one or more source or object files which then can be loaded into the Apache server under runtime via the LoadModule directive from mod_so.

I'm sure there are a lot of howtos depending on which module you want to install.

Answer 2

The simplest way is by using the 'a2enmod' command from the command line. That will enable modules for you, and a2dismod to remove them.

For the PHP modules, you may need a different solution - compiling it first, for example. But rewrite and several others will work happily with the above commands.