Apache2::ASP::Manual::GettingStarted - Getting started with Apache2::ASP
Apache2::ASP is a web application development framework similar to Microsoft Classic ASP, Microsoft ASP.Net, JSP, ColdFusion or PHP.
NOTE: Apache2::ASP is not an exact copy of Microsoft Classic ASP or ASP.Net, and code written for Classic ASP or ASP.Net will not function under Apache2::ASP.
Right out of the box, Apache2::ASP provides a robust set of tools and best-practices that make it easy to build web applications.
Installation on any UNIX/Linux system is fairly straightforward.
Just follow these steps:
If installed from source, you get all the development libraries and tools by default.
If it is installed from an RPM, DEB or other package, make sure to install the "development" libraries as well. Otherwise, you will not be able to install other modules that Apache2::ASP depends on.
Previous versions had some issues.
Just install via CPAN or from source, available at http://perl.apache.org/download/.
This generally goes well via CPAN, by installing Apache2::Request.
If you run into problems,
go to http://httpd.apache.org/apreq/download.cgi and download libaprec2.x yourself and install from source.
THEN you can install Apache2::Request via CPAN. Skip the tests - you're probably fine.
It's generally not necessary to run the test suite. Feel free to skip the tests.
Ubuntu: sudo aptitude search libxml2
Redhat: rpm -qa | grep libxml
OSX: ???
Solaris: ???
With the main prerequisites out of the way, you are all set.
If you're trying to run Apache2::ASP on Windows, you'll need to get the following installed before you install Apache2::ASP:
You will also need the development headers, so just installing the DLL won't work.
You will also need the development headers, so just installing the DLL won't work.
