=head1 NAME

Binary mod_perl distributions

=head1 Description

This document includes links to various binary mod_perl distributions.

If you know about a distribution that isn't listed here, please tell
us (by announcing it at the mod_perl list).

See also L<the source distributions|download::source> and the
L<bundles|download::bundles>.

=head1 How to get pre-compiled mod_perl

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Win32 mod_perl Binaries (made by Randy Kobes) -
ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/other/. Grab a perl-win32-bin-x.x.exe
self-extracting file. There's accompanying readme files with more details
on the particular versions of packages included. These all include Perl
and some common modules, so are largish.

=item *

An experimental mod_perl-2.0 win32 binary package is available at
ftp://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/pub/other/Apache2.tar.gz for those Win32
users who want a preview of things to come.

This archive will unpack into an "Apache2" directory, underneath which
is a "blib" subdirectory containing the necessary perl files.  These
are included when starting Apache by a modperl directive found near
the end of I<conf/httpd.conf>, where a sample "Hello World" modperl
handler is also found. Some editing of I<httpd.conf> will be necessary
if this package is installed in a location other than
I<"D:\Apache2">. Within the I<blib/> subdirectory is some
documentation on modperl-2.0.

The package was compiled with the cvs sources of Jan 1, 2002, using
VC++ 6 and an ActivePerl based on perl-5.6.1. The libmodperl.so
library in the Apache I<modules/> directory will most probably not
work with other Apache-2 binary packages.

Being under development, there are bugs present; in particular, when
stopping an Apache-2 service a memory error results if modperl is
enabled. Please let me know of any problems you might have in getting
this package installed; for questions/problems on Apache-2, see the
docs at http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/, and for modperl-2, see the
information at http://perl.apache.org/ on subscribing to the "dev"
mailing list.

=item *

Win32 ActivePerl mod_perl ppms - suitable for builds 6xx.  You can install
this by, within the ppm shell, setting the repository to
I<http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/cgi-bin/ppmserver?urn:/PPMServer> and
typing C<install mod_perl>. This will also run a post-install script to
install the required mod_perl.so to your Apache modules/ directory. This
mod_perl package is built against the current stable Apache release -
earlier versions are available
(http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/mod_perl-legacy/), as are some
ppms of other Apache modules (http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppmpackages/).

=item *

Static mod_perl and libapreq (Apache::Request) RPMs and SRPMs (made by
David Harris ) http://www.davideous.com/modperlrpm/distrib/. Mirrored at
http://perl.apache.org/rpm/.

=item *

i386 RPMs + SRPM (RedHat) of Apache with mod_perl and php3 built
staticaly. (made by Vladimir Ivaschenko)
http://www.hazard.maks.net/apache/

=item *

OS vendors may supply their own pre-compiled version of mod_perl.
Refer to your OS vendor to figure out if they provide a binary version
of mod_perl.

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