Installing an Apache Web server with mod_rewrite

The installation with Apache 1.2 is really simple, because mod_rewrite is already an integral part of the distribution. The following steps are necessary:

1. Unpack the Apache distribution with:

$ gunzip < apache_1.2.x.tar.gz | tar xvf -
$ cd apache_1.2.x/src

2. Remove the comment character ('#') from the following line:

#Module rewrite_module mod_rewrite.o

3. Configure and compile Apache:

$ ./Configure
$ make

Using the older version 1.1.1 of the Apache Web server with mod_rewrite is also possible. However, in that case some more changes are necessary:

1. Unpack the Apache distribution with:

$ gunzip < apache_1.1.1.tar.gz | tar xvf -
$ gunzip < mod_rewrite-2.3.3.tar.gz | tar xvf -

2. Copy the mod_rewrite files into the Apache source directory

$ cp mod_rewrite-2.3.3/mod_rewrite.c 
$ apache_1.1.1/src/
$ cp mod_rewrite-2.3.3/mod_rewrite.h
$ apache_1.1.1/src/
$ cp mod_rewrite-2.3.3/apache-1.1.x/
$ mod_negotiation.c.diff apache_1.1.1/src/
$ cp mod_rewrite-2.3.3/apache-1.1.x/util_script.c.
$ diffapache_1.1.1/src/
$ cp -r mod_rewrite-2.3.3/apache-1.1.x/regexp
$ apache_1.1.1/src/

3. Remove two errors that can lead to problems in relation to CGI programs and the proxy module (they have already been removed from Apache 1.2).

$ cd apache_1.1.1/src
$ patch < mod_negotiation.c.diff
$ patch < util_script.c.diff

4. Edit the configuration file to put in the mod_rewrite module and the RegExp library.

EXTRALIB= regexp/libregexp.a
  :
Module  rewrite_module  mod_rewrite.o

5. Configure and compile Apache:

$ ./Configure
$ cd regexp
$ make
$ cd ..
$ make