Mod Perl and Apache 2 Problems

allyc has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

Hello Monks,

I am having problems with setting up Mod Perl with Apache 2 on my Windows XP machine. Apache 2 (2.0.45) installed using the standard Apache Binaries, and Perl is 5.8.0 (Activestate Build 805).

I have downloaded and installed the mod_perl.ppm from http://theoryx5.uwinnipeg.ca/ppms/mod_perl.ppm and managed to get Apache 2 running without any errors.

However when I come to execute a Perl script using Mod Perl, i get a 500 internal server error, and the message "Failed to resolve Handler Apache::Registry - Can't locate Apache/Registry.pm in C:/Perl5.8/lib C:/Perl5.8/site/lib at (Eval 1) line 3.0".

The file Registry.pm is installed in C:\Perl5.8\site\lib\ModPerl and not in the apache directory.

My httpd.conf file looks like ...

<Location /perl>

SetHandler perl-script
PerlResponceHandler Apache::Registry # Also tried ModPerl::Registry
PerlOptions +ParseHeaders
Options +ExecCGI
</Location>
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Any one have any ideas what is wrong with this?

Thanks for your help

Alistair

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Re: Mod Perl and Apache 2 Problems
by PodMaster (Abbot) on Jul 14, 2003 at 21:31 UTC

MJD says "you can't just make shit up and expect the computer to know what you mean, retardo!"
I run a Win32 PPM repository for perl 5.6.x and 5.8.x -- I take requests (README).
** The third rule of perl club is a statement of fact: pod is sexy.

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Re: Mod Perl and Apache 2 Problems
by CountZero (Bishop) on Jul 14, 2003 at 21:44 UTC

Why not make it easy in yourself and use the pre-canned APACHE 2 + Perl 5.8 + mod_perl 1.99 + PHP 4.3 + MySQL 4 + ... you can find at Apachefriends?

I tried it for Apache 1 and it worked very nice. The only thing I changed was installing ActiveState Perl 5.6 afterwards in its own directory, so I got the PPM-interface working which came with the Komodo-IDE (it refuses to work with anything else but a genuine ActiveState Perl).

CountZero

"If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler." - Conway's Law

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Re: Mod Perl and Apache 2 Problems
by Anonymous Monk on Jul 14, 2003 at 21:24 UTC

PerlModule Apache::Registry anywhere?

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Re: Mod Perl and Apache 2 Problems
by duct_tape (Hermit) on Jul 15, 2003 at 18:58 UTC

http://perl.apache.org/docs/2.0/user/config/config.html#Startup_File

PodMaster

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