From owner-freebsd-questions Mon May 18 11:01:27 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id LAA26483 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Mon, 18 May 1998 11:01:27 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from peloton.physics.montana.edu (peloton.physics.montana.edu [153.90.192.177]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA26475 for ; Mon, 18 May 1998 11:01:21 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu) Received: from localhost (brett@localhost) by peloton.physics.montana.edu (8.8.8/8.8.7) with SMTP id MAA28160; Mon, 18 May 1998 12:00:19 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu) Date: Mon, 18 May 1998 12:00:19 -0600 (MDT) From: Brett Taylor To: Frank Griffith cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Apache Web Server In-Reply-To: <001901bd824a$9d9636a0$0200a8c0@fast1.dfw.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: MULTIPART/ALTERNATIVE; BOUNDARY="----=_NextPart_000_0016_01BD8220.B3F6C420" Content-ID: Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG This message is in MIME format. The first part should be readable text, while the remaining parts are likely unreadable without MIME-aware tools. Send mail to mime@docserver.cac.washington.edu for more info. ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01BD8220.B3F6C420 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; CHARSET=iso-8859-1 Content-ID: > I am still a newbie to FreeBSD and need a little extra > assistance with loading Apache Web Server. I am downloading the > files apache_1.3b6.tar.Z, and apache_1.3b6.tar.gz from 'ftp.apache.org'. > So, can someone tell me, in very simple, newbie terms now, how I > go about using these files to setup my FreeBSD box as an Apache server? Although I believe the servers will compile cleanly wo/ much mucking around, I prefer to use the port/package from FreeBSD, then you're sure all the files will be installed in the right directories. You can grab them from your CD-ROM, via ftp, or if you installed them during installation, from /usr/ports/www/. If you want the package you'll need to grab that from the CD or from ftp.freebsd.org. There is a set of configuration files you will need to read through, but the apache documentation is pretty clear and thorough. It's not that hard - when I was a younger newbie I figured it out. :-) > I was actually looking for files with only the .tar extension. What is > the .Z on the end of the files mean? What's the difference between > *.tar, *.tar.Z and *.tar.gz? Why do I ask so many newbie questions? > Because I'm still a newbie! Thanks in advance for any help offered. Tar is tape archive - the .Z and .gz are compressed versions of the tape archive - gz is gzip, Z is compress. You can untar these all in one step: tar xvzf file.tar.gz or tar xvZf file.tar.Z ********************************************************* Brett Taylor brett@peloton.physics.montana.edu http://peloton.physics.montana.edu/brett/ But Master, does not the fire need water too? Does not the mountain need the storm? - Beavis ------=_NextPart_000_0016_01BD8220.B3F6C420-- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message