NAME

Source mod_perl distributions

Description

This document explains how to get the mod_perl 1.0 and 2.0 source distributions.

Please note that mod_perl 2.0 is considered BETA and should not be used in a production environment.

See also the binary distributions and the bundles.

mod_perl 1.0

Be sure to read the README and INSTALL documents (in the distribution package) and the longer the installation guide.

Stable Source Distribution

• Master Source distribution

  Release http://perl.apache.org/dist

• CPAN

  http://www.cpan.org/modules/by-module/Apache/

Development Source Distribution

• The latest CVS snapshot

  http://cvs.apache.org/snapshots/modperl/

• Access to the CVS repository

  Using anoncvs (password is "anoncvs"):

    % cvs -d ":pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic" login
    % cvs -d ":pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic" co modperl

  For more information on using CVS see the CVS Howto

mod_perl 2.0

Be sure to read the README and INSTALL documents (in the distribution package) and the longer mod_perl 2.0 installation guide.

2.0 Development Source Distribution

• tarballs

  Download the httpd-2.0 (http://www.apache.org/dist/httpd/) and modperl-2.0 tarballs (http://perl.apache.org/dist/), and extract them in the same directory.

• cvs

  Using anoncvs (password is "anoncvs"):

    % cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic login
    % cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic co modperl-2.0
    % cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic co httpd-2.0
    % cd httpd-2.0/srclib
    % cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic co apr
    % cvs -d :pserver:anoncvs@cvs.apache.org:/home/cvspublic co apr-util

  For more information on using CVS see the CVS Howto