30.7. Compile and install FAQ-O-Matic

Before you Compile, Decompress the tarball (tar.gz).

        [root@deep ] /# cp FAQ-O-Matic-version.tar.gz /var/tmp/
        [root@deep ] /# cd /var/tmp/
        [root@deep ]/tmp# tar xzpf FAQ-O-Matic-version.tar.gz
      

You need to compile, to install the Faq-O-Matic program on your computer, move into the new FAQ-O-Matic directory and type the following commands on your terminal:

          [root@deep ] /FAQ-OMatic-2.709# perl Makefile.PL
          [root@deep ] /FAQ-OMatic-2.709# make
          [root@deep ] /FAQ-OMatic-2.709# make install
          [root@deep ] /FAQ-OMatic-2.709# mv fom /home/httpd/cgi-bin/           
          [root@deep ] /FAQ-OMatic-2.709# mkdir -p /home/httpd/cgi-bin/fom-meta
          [root@deep ] /FAQ-OMatic-2.709# mkdir -p /home/httpd/faqomatic
          [root@deep ] /FAQ-OMatic-2.709# chown root.www /home/httpd/cgi-bin/fom
          [root@deep ] /FAQ-OMatic-2.709# chown -R www.www /home/httpd/cgi-bin/fom-meta/
          [root@deep ] /FAQ-OMatic-2.709# chown -R www.www /home/httpd/faqomatic/
        

• The make command will compile all source files into executable binaries

• The make install will install the Perl programs and any supporting files into the appropriate locations

• The mv command will move the main fom CGI program of Faq-O-Matic to the cgi-bin directory of your Apache web server.

• The mkdir will create new directories named fom-meta and faqomatic under the /home/httpd/ directory where we'll handle all related FAQ-O-Matic files.

• Finally, the chown command will set the owner of the fom CGI program to be the super-user root and the group to be the user Apache run as www and will set the directories fom-meta and faqomatic to be owned by www and group by www.