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[users@httpd] Error in APR files

I decided to install Apache by compiling from source since this is the way I
have always done it in the past and as noted in one response, it is nice to know
exactly what you are running.

I ran into the rather odd result that the Apache APR files are not valid. 
Specifically, I downloaded the apr files from the Apache web site:

file apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2
apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines
file apr-1.7.4.tar.gz
apr-1.7.4.tar.gz: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines

Where can I get valid files for APR?

Regards,

John
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Re: [users@httpd] Error in APR files

Posted by Eric Covener <co...@gmail.com>.
On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 9:55 AM John Iliffe <jo...@iliffe.ca> wrote:
>
> Thanks Frank.
>
> What I did was:
>   wget https://apr.apache.org/download.cgi/apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2

Maybe this redirected to a download mirror URL in the past, but it
doesn't now and this URL isn't on the website.

The website links to https://dlcdn.apache.org//apr/apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2
which uses a CDN rather than a network of mirror.

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Re: [users@httpd] Error in APR files

Posted by John Iliffe <jo...@iliffe.ca>.
Thanks Frank.

What I did was:
  wget https://apr.apache.org/download.cgi/apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2

which is more or less how I got the Apache source.  But I will use the package
that comes with the distro.  Seems to be the normal way to get it from the
responses I got.

thanks for your help.

John
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On Sun, 2023-05-07 at 02:22 -0400, Frank Gingras wrote:
> Compiling from source isn't the best path, if you're referencing the other
> users@ post, no. You should use your distro's packages, unless you need a very
> specific version.
> 
> That being said, the files from the main link are fine. It sounds like you
> saved the web page:
> 
> https://apr.apache.org/download.cgi
> 
> On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 1:02 AM John Iliffe <jo...@iliffe.ca> wrote:
> > I decided to install Apache by compiling from source since this is the way I
> > have always done it in the past and as noted in one response, it is nice to
> > know
> > exactly what you are running.
> > 
> > I ran into the rather odd result that the Apache APR files are not valid. 
> > Specifically, I downloaded the apr files from the Apache web site:
> > 
> > file apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2
> > apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines
> > file apr-1.7.4.tar.gz
> > apr-1.7.4.tar.gz: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines
> > 
> > Where can I get valid files for APR?
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > John
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Re: [users@httpd] Error in APR files

Posted by Frank Gingras <th...@apache.org>.
Compiling from source isn't the best path, if you're referencing the other
users@ post, no. You should use your distro's packages, unless you need a
very specific version.

That being said, the files from the main link are fine. It sounds like you
saved the web page:

https://apr.apache.org/download.cgi

On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 1:02 AM John Iliffe <jo...@iliffe.ca> wrote:

> I decided to install Apache by compiling from source since this is the way
> I
> have always done it in the past and as noted in one response, it is nice
> to know
> exactly what you are running.
>
> I ran into the rather odd result that the Apache APR files are not valid.
> Specifically, I downloaded the apr files from the Apache web site:
>
> file apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2
> apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines
> file apr-1.7.4.tar.gz
> apr-1.7.4.tar.gz: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines
>
> Where can I get valid files for APR?
>
> Regards,
>
> John
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