<title>configure - Configure the source tree</title>
<summary>
- <p>The <code>configure</code> script configures the source tree
+ <p>The <program>configure</program> script configures the source tree
for compiling and installing the Apache HTTP Server on your
particular platform. Various options allow the compilation of a
server corresponding to your personal requirements.</p>
<seealso><a href="../install.html">Compiling and Installing</a></seealso>
<section id="synopsis"><title>Synopsis</title>
- <p>You should call the <code>configure</code> script from within the
+ <p>You should call the <program>configure</program> script from within the
root directory of the distribution.</p>
<p><code><strong>./configure</strong> [<var>OPTION</var>]...
<section id="configurationoptions"><title>Configuration options</title>
<p>The following options influence the behavior of
- <code>configure</code> itself.</p>
+ <program>configure</program> itself.</p>
<dl>
<dt><code>-C</code></dt>
<dt><code>-n</code></dt>
<dt><code>--no-create</code></dt>
- <dd>The <code>configure</code> script is run normally but does
+ <dd>The <program>configure</program> script is run normally but does
not create output files. This is useful to check the test results
before generating makefiles for compilation.</dd>
<dt><code>--srcdir=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
<dd>Defines directory <var>DIR</var> to be the source file directory.
- Default is the directory where <code>configure</code> is located, or
+ Default is the directory where <program>configure</program> is located, or
the parent directory.</dd>
<dt><code>--silent</code></dt>
</dl>
<note><title>Note</title>
- <code>configure</code> will not complain about
+ <program>configure</program> will not complain about
<code>--enable-<var>foo</var></code> even if <var>foo</var> doesn't
exist, so you need to type carefully.
</note>
modules. The module source file <code><var>module-file</var></code>
will be searched in the <code>modules/<var>module-type</var></code>
subdirectory of your Apache HTTP server source tree. If it is not found
- there <code>configure</code> is considering <var>module-file</var> to be
+ there <program>configure</program> is considering <var>module-file</var> to be
an absolute file path and tries to copy the source file into the
<var>module-type</var> subdirectory. If the subdirectory doesn't
exist it will be created and populated with a standard
is part of the httpd
source distribution and will automatically be build together with the
HTTP server. If you want to use an already installed APR instead you
- have to tell <code>configure</code> the path to the
+ have to tell <program>configure</program> the path to the
<code>apr-config</code> script. You may set the absolute path and name
or the directory to the installed APR. <code>apr-config</code> must
exist within this directory or the subdirectory
<dd>The Apache Portable Runtime Utilities (APU) are part of the
httpd source distribution and will automatically be build
together with the HTTP server. If you want to use an already installed
- APU instead you have to tell <code>configure</code> the path to the
+ APU instead you have to tell <program>configure</program> the path to the
<code>apu-config</code> script. You may set the absolute path and name
or the directory to the installed APU. <code>apu-config</code> must
exist within this directory or the subdirectory
<code>bin</code>.</dd>
<dt><code>--with-ssl=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
- <dd>If <module>mod_ssl</module> has been enabled <code>configure</code>
+ <dd>If <module>mod_ssl</module> has been enabled <program>configure</program>
searches for an installed OpenSSL. You can set the directory path
to the SSL/TLS toolkit instead.</dd>
<dt><code>--with-z=<var>DIR</var></code></dt>
- <dd><code>configure</code> searches automatically for an installed
+ <dd><program>configure</program> searches automatically for an installed
<code>zlib</code> library if your source configuration requires one
(e.g., when <module>mod_deflate</module> is enabled). You can set the
directory path to the compression library instead.</dd>
<dl>
<dt><code>--with-gdbm[=<var>path</var>]</code></dt>
- <dd>If no <var>path</var> is specified, <code>configure</code> will
+ <dd>If no <var>path</var> is specified, <program>configure</program> will
search for the include files and libraries of a GNU DBM
installation in the usual search paths. An explicit
- <var>path</var> will cause <code>configure</code> to look in
+ <var>path</var> will cause <program>configure</program> to look in
<code><var>path</var>/lib</code> and
<code><var>path</var>/include</code> for the relevant files.
Finally, the <var>path</var> may specify specific include and
</dl>
<section id="suexec">
- <title><code>suexec</code> configuration options</title>
+ <title><program>suexec</program> configuration options</title>
<p>The following options are used to fine tune the behavior of <program>
suexec</program>. See <a
href="suexec.html#install">Configuring and installing suEXEC</a>
<section id="env"><title>Environment variables</title>
<p>There are some useful environment variables to override the choices made by
- <code>configure</code> or to help it to find libraries and programs with
+ <program>configure</program> or to help it to find libraries and programs with
nonstandard names or locations.</p>
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