i have mod_perl working like a dream -- and i'd like to add mod_ssl, so:
# apt-get -d install libapache-mod-ssl Reading Package Lists... Done Building Dependency Tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: apache The following packages will be REMOVED: apache-perl libapache-asp-perl libapache-dbi-perl libapache-dbilogger-perl libapache-filter-perl libapache-ssi-perl The following NEW packages will be installed: apache libapache-mod-ssl 0 packages upgraded, 2 newly installed, 6 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 558kB of archives. After unpacking 2641kB will be freed. Do you want to continue? [Y/n] n Abort. someone is of someone's rocker. (perhaps it's me.) i've got apache-perl working nicely. i don't think it's essential to bork my current setup just to add a feature... # apt-cache show apache-perl [snip] Description: Versatile, high-performance HTTP server with added Perl support This version of Apache contains the mod_perl module statically linked. . The most popular server in the world, Apache features a modular design and supports dynamic selection of extension modules at runtime. Some of its strong points are its range of possible customization, dynamic adjustment of the number of server processes, and a whole range of available modules including many authentication mechanisms, server-parsed HTML, server-side includes, access control, CERN httpd metafiles emulation, proxy caching, etc. Apache also supports multiple virtual homing. . Separate Debian packages are available for PHP3, Java Servlet support, Apache-SSL, and other common extensions. More information is available at http://www.apache.org/. "separate packages are available for ...ssl..." is there a non-conflicting one that'll work with my potatio apache-perl? # apt-cache search ssl|grep apache apache-ssl - Versatile, high-performance HTTP server with SSL support apache-common - Support files for all Apache webservers libapache-mod-ssl - Strong cryptography for Apache apache - Versatile, high-performance HTTP server apache-perl - Versatile, high-performance HTTP server with added Perl support libapache-mod-ssl-doc - Documentation for Apache module mod_ssl apache-ssl is apache with ssl statically linked; apache-perl is apache with mod_perl statically linked is there an undeniable reason why libapache-mod-ssl can't work with apache-perl? do i have to install apache, then mod-perl, then mod-ssl? (any guesses how many weeks it'll take a newbie like me to resurrect my configuration with a different apache setup? don't make me go there -- i'm afraid of the dark!) can't we all just get along? ;( -- i notice there are several 'ssl' packages: # dpkg -l \*ssl\* ||/ Name Version Description +++-======================-===============-====================================================== un libapache-mod-ssl <none> (no description available) ii libapache-mod-ssl-doc 2.4.10-1.3.9-1 Documentation for Apache module mod_ssl un libssl <none> (no description available) ii libssl09 0.9.4-5 SSL shared libraries ii openssl 0.9.4-5 Secure Socket Layer and related cryptographic libraries/tools. ii ssleay 0.9.4-5 Convenience package to replace ssleay with openssl un w3m-ssl <none> (no description available) un webmin-ssl <none> (no description available) can openssl or libssl do the trick? (can a newbie walk through the paces needed to make them work for getting https:// served up by apache-perl?) -- DEBIAN NEWBIE TIP #29 from Will Trillich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : Console GIBBERISH? Suddenly you're seeing Russian or Korean or box-like text on your console or xterm (or rxvt) -- probably after viewing a binary file, right? :) Enter "reset" at the command line, or try embedding a control-O (letter oh) into your command-line prompt string: export PS1='[EMAIL PROTECTED]: \w$ ' Also see http://newbieDoc.sourceForge.net/ ...