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How to install Apache in Mac and Linux?

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Installing Apache from sources involves the following steps

  • Download Apache. Make sure that you download the source (stable version)
  • The downloaded file will be something like this httpd-x.x.x.tar.gz (where x.x.x is the Apache version)
  • Now execute the following commands
    • ./configure –prefix=/usr/local/apache2
    • make
    • sudo make install
  • If everything is installed fine, run the following command,
    • 
/usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start

(13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
(13)Permission denied: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80
no listening sockets available, shutting down
Unable to open logs

And you may be wandering why this error occurred. This is because opening any port between 0 and 1024 requires root access. Since 80 is a special port, you must use sudo to run the command

Now run the above command like this


sudo /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl start

To check whether everything is fine: Enter “http://localhost/index.html” in your browser.You will see the following output

It works!

And that’s it, the apache is up and running.