Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of HowTo Compile mod_wsgi for LAMP servers

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07/08/15 19:13:21 (10 years ago)

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Richard Bramley

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HowTo Compile mod_wsgi for LAMP servers

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+=  HowTo Compile mod_wsgi for LAMP servers
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+Tags: [[UoL Lamp Server]] [[HowTo]] [[Python]]
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+== Why it didn't work how it should
+
+- `mod_wsgi` is not in the repositories for SUSE linux, because the hate us.  Therefore, you have to compile it yourself.
+- `pip` doesn't work on the LAMP servers, so you can't use the easy way.
+- Stuff isn't where setup.py expects, and it doesn't adequately allow you to change the places to look, so you can't do it that way either.
+- Also stuff isn't where the make file expects things to be either, so compiling doesn't work properly. But you can tell it where to look.
+- Finally, you aren't allowed to put the compiled file where is should go, so `make install` doesn't work.  But it leaves it lying around, so you can copy it somewhere manually.
+
+== Resources
+
+- [[https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi]]
+- [[https://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/InstallationIssues#Missing_Include_Files_On_SUSE]]
+
+== Procedure
+
+1. Get the latest version of `mod_wsgi` from [[https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/releases]] and unzip it
+2. Set up the configuration:
+
+{{{
+./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs2-prefork --with-python=/usr/bin/python
+}}}
+
+    ''Here we have to tell it where to find python and the Apache libraries.''
+
+3. Compile it:
+
+{{{
+make
+}}}
+
+4. Copy the compiled file to somewhere where it can be used by Apache:
+
+{{{
+cp {mod_wsgi directory}/src/server/.libs/mod_wsgi.so /local/apache2/etc/
+}}}
+
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