installing apache from scratch
Today I managed to download, configure and install apache2 from the command line on my laptop. It was great! It is the first time I have ever done it on my own. Woohoo.
Had a few problems getting the apache to start though. Kept getting an error on the “apachectl start”. Ended up opening the apachectl file to see what it looked like inside. Noticed it seemed to be issuing a series of commands to the httpd, so I did “sh apachectl start”. That gave me another error – so do the “sudo sh apachectl start”. And what do you know – It works! haha.
Now just need to get mysql and php… 
and my wireless card working.
Heh! n00b
been there, done that. Soon you will get tierd of these adventures, discover the magic of apt-get and then get down to doing real work.
Yeah I know – but for now it is a learning adventure. I must be slightly masochistic since I always seem to want to try things the hard way.
Just finished with one of those learning adventures myself. If you have the desire check out Linux From Scratch. Learned quite a few things about Linux going this route.