Mailing List Archive: Error in APR files

Error in APR files

May 6, 2023, 10:00 PM

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I decided to install Apache by compiling from source since this is the way I
have always done it in the past and as noted in one response, it is nice to know
exactly what you are running.

I ran into the rather odd result that the Apache APR files are not valid.
Specifically, I downloaded the apr files from the Apache web site:

file apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2
apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines
file apr-1.7.4.tar.gz
apr-1.7.4.tar.gz: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines

Where can I get valid files for APR?

Regards,

John
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Re: Error in APR files [ In reply to ]

thumbs at apache

May 6, 2023, 11:22 PM

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Compiling from source isn't the best path, if you're referencing the other
users@ post, no. You should use your distro's packages, unless you need a
very specific version.

That being said, the files from the main link are fine. It sounds like you
saved the web page:

https://apr.apache.org/download.cgi

On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 1:02?AM John Iliffe <john.iliffe@iliffe.ca> wrote:

> I decided to install Apache by compiling from source since this is the way
> I
> have always done it in the past and as noted in one response, it is nice
> to know
> exactly what you are running.
>
> I ran into the rather odd result that the Apache APR files are not valid.
> Specifically, I downloaded the apr files from the Apache web site:
>
> file apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2
> apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines
> file apr-1.7.4.tar.gz
> apr-1.7.4.tar.gz: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines
>
> Where can I get valid files for APR?
>
> Regards,
>
> John
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Re: Error in APR files [ In reply to ]

john.iliffe at iliffe

May 7, 2023, 6:55 AM

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Thanks Frank.

What I did was:
wget https://apr.apache.org/download.cgi/apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2

which is more or less how I got the Apache source. But I will use the package
that comes with the distro. Seems to be the normal way to get it from the
responses I got.

thanks for your help.

John
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On Sun, 2023-05-07 at 02:22 -0400, Frank Gingras wrote:
> Compiling from source isn't the best path, if you're referencing the other
> users@ post, no. You should use your distro's packages, unless you need a very
> specific version.
>
> That being said, the files from the main link are fine. It sounds like you
> saved the web page:
>
> https://apr.apache.org/download.cgi
>
> On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 1:02?AM John Iliffe <john.iliffe@iliffe.ca> wrote:
> > I decided to install Apache by compiling from source since this is the way I
> > have always done it in the past and as noted in one response, it is nice to
> > know
> > exactly what you are running.
> >
> > I ran into the rather odd result that the Apache APR files are not valid.
> > Specifically, I downloaded the apr files from the Apache web site:
> >
> > file apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2
> > apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines
> > file apr-1.7.4.tar.gz
> > apr-1.7.4.tar.gz: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines
> >
> > Where can I get valid files for APR?
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > John
> > =========
> >
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> > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@httpd.apache.org
> >

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Re: Error in APR files [ In reply to ]

covener at gmail

May 7, 2023, 7:03 AM

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On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 9:55?AM John Iliffe <john.iliffe@iliffe.ca> wrote:
>
> Thanks Frank.
>
> What I did was:
> wget https://apr.apache.org/download.cgi/apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2

Maybe this redirected to a download mirror URL in the past, but it
doesn't now and this URL isn't on the website.

The website links to https://dlcdn.apache.org//apr/apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2
which uses a CDN rather than a network of mirror.

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