[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Getting Apache error during EG installation: No apache MPM package installed

[Dan Scott]

On Wed, Feb 15, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Yamil Suarez <ysuarez at berklee.edu> wrote:

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> I was able to recreate all the same original errors by trying instal
> EG gain from a copy of the same VM that already had OSRF installed.
> (For the record, this same OSRF only VM has allowed me to successfully
> install EG in the last two weeks.)  I also wanted to add that since
> the OS is a 64bit Debian 6.0.4, that is running inside a XEN VM, XEN
> required that I to use a "multi-arch" installer
> (http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/6.0.4/multi-arch/iso-dvd/debian-6.0.4-i386-amd64-source-DVD-1.iso),
> in case this might help explain my issues. This time again, I am
> absolutely sure I ran aptitude update before trying to install the
> pre-requisites.
>
> So after installing the EG pre-requisites, I saw the same apache
> errors that Dan found in my makefile output (see attached file).
>
> I then ran the suggested "aptitude remove" commands and all seemed
> well, at least to my beginner eyes (I am attaching the output of the
> aptitude commands). I proceeded with the rest of the EG install
> instructions and finally got a chance to document the second Apache
> error...
>
> -----------
> root at lib-evergreen:/etc/apache2/ssl# apache2ctl configtest &&
> /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
> Syntax error on line 17 of /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/eg.conf:
> Invalid command 'PerlRequire', perhaps misspelled or defined by a
> module not included in the server configuration
> Action 'configtest' failed.
> The Apache error log may have more information.
> ------------
>
> I checked the Apache logs and did not see anything useful.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.

It needs mod_perl (libapache2-mod-perl2 package).

You probably should have run "aptitude safe-upgrade" after running
"aptitude update"; running "aptitude remove" would remove a number of
prereq packages and lead to breakage.