mod_perl 1.29 install help

[Rob Allen <Al...@GENSA.COM>]

First off, I'm new to Apache and mod_perl.  I've done a bunch of reading, downloaded the mod_perl.tar.gz file & uncompressed it.  I'm installing to a Win32 environment (Win XP Pro SP2 Build 2600).  I tried following the install instructions, which say to open the /src/modules/win23/mod_perl.dsp project file in MS Visual Studio.  My version of Visual Studio is MDE (.NET) 2003 version 7.1.3088.
 
When I try to open the .dsp file, Studio.NET prompts me to "convert" the project file.  It then craps out saying the project file (mod_perl.dsp) is corrupt.
 
Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
 
Rob Allen
Senior Systems Analyst
Gensa Corporation
Crowne Corporate Center II
2870 Gateway Oaks Drive
Sacramento, CA 95833
http://www.gensa.com <http://www.gensa.com> 

Re: mod_perl 1.29 install help

[Randy Kobes <ra...@theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca>]

On Wed, 14 Jun 2006, Rob Allen wrote:

> First off, I'm new to Apache and mod_perl.  I've done a 
> bunch of reading, downloaded the mod_perl.tar.gz file & 
> uncompressed it.  I'm installing to a Win32 environment 
> (Win XP Pro SP2 Build 2600).  I tried following the 
> install instructions, which say to open the 
> /src/modules/win23/mod_perl.dsp project file in MS Visual 
> Studio.  My version of Visual Studio is MDE (.NET) 2003 
> version 7.1.3088.
>
> When I try to open the .dsp file, Studio.NET prompts me to 
> "convert" the project file.  It then craps out saying the 
> project file (mod_perl.dsp) is corrupt.

I'm not sure if this will get you any further,
but you might try building this just from the
command line, as described in INSTALL.win32:
    perl Maekfile.PL APACHE_SRC=C:\Path\to\Apache
    nmake

However, if you're new to Apache and mod_perl, and
there's no other considerations, it's probably
better to start with Apache/2 and mod_perl-2, which
especially on Win32, offer significant improvements
over Apache/1 and mod_perl-1. Again, if you're
just starting out, it may be easier initially
to install a pre-compiled ppm binary package for
mod_perl; how to do this is described at
   http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/os/win32/install.html

-- 
best regards,
Randy Kobes

Re: mod_perl 1.29 install help

[Hendrik Van Belleghem <he...@gmail.com>]

Any reason why you're compiling it yourself? Ony most Unices, I'd
compile it myself but I try to stick to binaries on Windows. There are
quite a few prepackaged apache + mod_perl packages out there.

There's xampp:
http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp.html
Indigoperl:
http://indigostar.com/indigoperl.htm
Both of these come with mod_perl included.. plus a bunch of other
modules and applications.

just my 2 cents
HTH

Hendrik

On 6/14/06, Rob Allen <Al...@gensa.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> First off, I'm new to Apache and mod_perl.  I've done a bunch of reading,
> downloaded the mod_perl.tar.gz file & uncompressed it.  I'm installing to a
> Win32 environment (Win XP Pro SP2 Build 2600).  I tried following the
> install instructions, which say to open the /src/modules/win23/mod_perl.dsp
> project file in MS Visual Studio.  My version of Visual Studio is MDE (.NET)
> 2003 version 7.1.3088.
>
> When I try to open the .dsp file, Studio.NET prompts me to "convert" the
> project file.  It then craps out saying the project file (mod_perl.dsp) is
> corrupt.
>
> Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Rob Allen
> Senior Systems Analyst
> Gensa Corporation
> Crowne Corporate Center II
> 2870 Gateway Oaks Drive
> Sacramento, CA 95833
> http://www.gensa.com


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