I'm trying to use mod_perl2 with apache2 in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. From m0d_perl guide, I added the following lines between <VirtualHost> tag.

Alias /perl/ /var/www/perl/ 
<Location "/var/www/perl/">
      SetHandler perl-script
      PerlResponseHandler ModPerl::Registry
      PerlOptions +ParseHeaders
      Options +ExecCGI
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all 
  </Location>

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Theoretically, when I put a perl script on '/var/www/perl' directory and chmod it, the script should be executed when accessed from http://localhost/perl/test.pl. But the browser prompt me to download it. How can I solved this problem?I asked the question after googling for about 1 week. I tried all possible combinations, but none worked. How can I get around this problem?

Thank you

In reply to How to configure mod_perl? by rifat

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