Ubuntu 12.10 + Apache + Perl + PHP

 Apache

Install Apache

• sudo apt-get install apache2

Start Apache

• sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 start

Stop Apache

•  sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 stop

Restart Apache

• sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Main Configuration File

• sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf

Set the Virtual Hosts here;

• sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

Apache Error Log

• sudo nano /var/log/apache2/error.log

Location of Web Server Files

• /var/www/ 

 

PHP

Install PHP

• sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5

PERL 

• Perl is pre-installed.
• whereis perl to see the location where perl is installed.
• perl-v check the version which is in use.
• Use /usr/lib/cgi-bin to put perl files.
• Make the changes in BOLD in the Virtual host (/etc/apache2/sites-available/default)

      ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/
        <Directory "/usr/lib/cgi-bin">
                AllowOverride None
                Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
                AddHandler cgi-script cgi pl
                Order allow,deny
                Allow from all
        </Directory>

• Change the permission in the perl script to 755 (sudo chmod 755 test.pl)
• Now run http:localhost/cgi-bin/test.pl

• Sample perl script test.pl 

        #!/usr/bin/perl -w  -> location of perl  
       print "Content-type: text/html\r\n\r\n";     -> without this line it will give an internal server error 
       print "Hello there";

• Running Perl in Terminal

                perl filename.pl