Re: [users@httpd] sudo: apachectl: command not found

[Padmahas Bn <pa...@gmail.com>]

Hey mike,

This was added to draft, so I'm re-sending this.
I tried the command with -f option myself like this. (sudo
/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -V -f /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf)
And the result is,

[sudo] password for padmahas:
Server version: Apache/2.4.12 (Unix)
Server built:   Mar 31 2015 16:20:21
Server's Module Magic Number: 20120211:41
Server loaded:  APR 1.5.1, APR-UTIL 1.5.4
Compiled using: APR 1.5.1, APR-UTIL 1.5.4
Architecture:   64-bit
Server MPM:     event
  threaded:     yes (fixed thread count)
    forked:     yes (variable process count)
Server compiled with....
 -D APR_HAS_SENDFILE
 -D APR_HAS_MMAP
 -D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled)
 -D APR_USE_SYSVSEM_SERIALIZE
 -D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE
 -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT
 -D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD
 -D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS
 -D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=256
 -D HTTPD_ROOT="/usr"
 -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/bin/suexec"
 -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="logs/httpd.pid"
 -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status"
 -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log"
 -D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="conf/mime.types"
 -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf"

On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 9:26 AM, Padmahas Bn <pa...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello mike,
>
> I would like to clarify one thing. Whatever the apache related command I
> execute inside /usr/local/apache2/bin, it all affecting the apache inside
> /usr. The exact reason may be because I installed apache inside /usr at
> first and only later I installed in "usr/local...."
>
> Hence if you want exact result of the *sudo
> /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -V, *please tell me how to explicitly
> specify the path as you suggested me in the last command using -f option(*sudo
> /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start -f**
> /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf )*.
>
> So tell me if apache configures any environment variables and it may not
> overwriting the path when I install second time inside /usr/local....
>
> The steps I used to install apache2
> To install apr and apr-util I followed this link (
> http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/svn/general/apr.html). This is
> where I came to know about --prefix option and I used "/usr" from this
> tutorial. But irrespective of using /usr as --prefix, apr installed inside
> /usr/local.
>
> Hence I used the same option for apache2 like this. ./configure
> --prefix=/usr
> Unfortunately apache2 was installed in the exact location inside /usr, by
> merging its files inside bin.
>
>
> Later I read in apache documentation, if --prefix not specified it will
> install inside /usr/local... so I thought it would be easy if all apache
> files is available inside one directory (apache2) which will be created by
> server. This time I just ran ./configure. And you know the later part.
>
> Two installations are conflicting with each other. Only the first
> installation is valid and the second is not even executing server start
> command.
>
> So is there any way I can completely uninstall apache? something similar
> to "make uninstall". "make uninstall" is not working I don't know why.
>
> On Wed, Apr 1, 2015 at 5:42 AM, Mike Rumph <mi...@oracle.com> wrote:
>
>>  Hello Padmahas,
>>
>> Okay.  This tells us a few things.
>> One problem is that the HTTPD_ROOT is set to /usr instead of
>> /usr/local/apache2.
>> Other relative paths will be based from here.
>> Since the SERVER_CONFIG_FILE is set to conf/httpd.conf,
>> the default config file will be /usr/conf/httpd.conf instead of
>> /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf.
>> The -f switch allowed you to override this.
>>
>> What steps did you use to install and configure httpd into
>> /usr/local/apache2?
>> In your httpd source directory, what are the contents of the config.nice
>> file?
>>
>> You could review the following links:
>> - http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/install.html#configure
>> - http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/programs/configure.html
>>
>> Take care,
>>
>> Mike
>>
>>
>> On 3/31/2015 4:19 PM, Padmahas Bn wrote:
>>
>>     Hello mike,
>>
>>  Yes you are write I installed server first inside /usr and then inside
>> /usr/local/apache2 (installed by default when I used ./configure without
>> --prefix option). Even you are right about my manual un installation.
>>
>>  About the command you suggested with -V option, this is the result.
>>
>> Server version: Apache/2.4.12 (Unix)
>> Server built:   Mar 31 2015 16:20:21
>> Server's Module Magic Number: 20120211:41
>> Server loaded:  APR 1.5.1, APR-UTIL 1.5.4
>> Compiled using: APR 1.5.1, APR-UTIL 1.5.4
>> Architecture:   64-bit
>> Server MPM:     event
>>   threaded:     yes (fixed thread count)
>>     forked:     yes (variable process count)
>> Server compiled with....
>>  -D APR_HAS_SENDFILE
>>  -D APR_HAS_MMAP
>>  -D APR_HAVE_IPV6 (IPv4-mapped addresses enabled)
>>  -D APR_USE_SYSVSEM_SERIALIZE
>>  -D APR_USE_PTHREAD_SERIALIZE
>>  -D SINGLE_LISTEN_UNSERIALIZED_ACCEPT
>>  -D APR_HAS_OTHER_CHILD
>>  -D AP_HAVE_RELIABLE_PIPED_LOGS
>>  -D DYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=256
>>  -D HTTPD_ROOT="/usr"
>>  -D SUEXEC_BIN="/usr/bin/suexec"
>>  -D DEFAULT_PIDLOG="logs/httpd.pid"
>>  -D DEFAULT_SCOREBOARD="logs/apache_runtime_status"
>>  -D DEFAULT_ERRORLOG="logs/error_log"
>>  -D AP_TYPES_CONFIG_FILE="conf/mime.types"
>>  -D SERVER_CONFIG_FILE="conf/httpd.conf"
>>
>>  I looked inside /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl, the HTTPD var set to
>>
>> *HTTPD='/usr/local/apache2/bin/httpd'
>>
>> *
>>
>> In parallel I also looked inside /usr/bin/apacheclt, there the HTTPD var
>> set to
>>
>> HTTPD='/usr/bin/httpd'. So I assume both of them pointing to their
>> respective directories.
>>
>> I tried the second command you suggested
>> *sudo /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start -f*
>> * /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf *
>>
>> Good news The server started with usual warning message but Yes!!! it is
>> using the httpd.conf file which resides inside
>> /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf.
>>  The message it always show is,
>> AH00558: httpd: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified
>> domain name, using 127.0.1.1. Set the 'ServerName' directive globally to
>> suppress this message
>>
>>  *Now is there any way I can set apache to look inside *
>> /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
>>
>> *  by default, by forgetting the first installation inside /usr? Or
>> should I always specify the httpd.conf path as you suggested? *
>> Thank you for the documentation links, I'm referring those links now.
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 31, 2015 at 10:11 PM, Mike Rumph <mi...@oracle.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>  Hello Padmahas,
>>>
>>> It looks like your two installations of Apache httpd 2.4 are conflicting
>>> with each other.
>>> If I understand correctly, you first installed into /user and then into
>>> /usr/local/apache2.
>>> Then you tried to remove the /user installation by deleting files
>>> manually.
>>> (As you've seen, /user is not a good choice, because this is used for
>>> many other things as well.)
>>> It would probably help to do a fresh installation.
>>> But let's try a few things first.
>>>
>>> When tried *" sudo /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start "*
>>> It gave " *httpd: Could not open configuration file
>>> /usr/conf/httpd.conf: No such file or directory ".*
>>> You are probably wanting to use /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf
>>> instead.
>>>
>>> What results do you get from *sudo /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -V *
>>> ?
>>> Look inside */usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl  *
>>> What is the variable HTTPD set to?
>>> You could try using *sudo /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -k start -f*
>>> * /usr/local/apache2/conf/httpd.conf *to override the config file
>>> location.
>>>
>>> See the following links for further options on the apachectl or httpd
>>> commands:
>>> - http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/programs/apachectl.html
>>> - http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/programs/httpd.html
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mike Rumph
>>>
>>>
>>> On 3/31/2015 3:36 AM, Padmahas Bn wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *If anyone finds this as a big question please let me know. I'll precise
>>> my problem. Steps I followed:*
>>>
>>>  I installed apr and apr-utils package in the path *"/usr"* using the
>>> --prefix option.
>>>
>>>  Both were installed successfully. Hence I installed apache 2.4 to the
>>> same path ("/usr") using --prefix option while running
>>>
>>> *"./configure" . *
>>>
>>>
>>> *Later I came to know if prefix is not mentioned for apache2.4
>>> installation, it will be installed inside /usr/local/apache2 by default. *
>>> Hence I again installed without specifying --prefix option which does
>>> installed the apache2 into /usr/local/apache2.
>>>
>>>  Now I cd to /usr/local/apache2/bin and run *sudo apachectl -k start *and
>>> the apache server was started successfully.
>>>
>>> *Only later I came to know the server is running from the /usr files
>>> installed at first time. *
>>> Instead of having 2 installations I thought of removing the one
>>> installed inside /usr and deleted all files manually and carefully from all
>>> sub folders of /usr.
>>>
>>>  *Now when I run the server from /usr/local/apache2 using "* *sudo
>>> apachectl -k start " *it says *sudo: apachectl: command not found*
>>>
>>>  So I supplied full path using *" sudo /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl
>>> -k start "*
>>>
>>>  But its giving " *httpd: Could not open configuration file
>>> /usr/conf/httpd.conf: No such file or directory ".*
>>>
>>>  Thank you.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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