[Mono-list] mod_mono on Fedora Core 5

[Paul]

Hi,

> I’ve recently installed Fedora Core 5 with all the built in Mono
> packages, but I can’t find any documentation on how to get it running
> on Apache (ASP.NET), or any other web server for that sake. So, the
> main problem here is that I can’t find the binaries to run mono nor
> the compiled mod_mono.so to put in httpd.conf. Where are they?

mod_mono and xsp have not yet been built for FC5. They are on my list,
but at the moment, I need to get another box running with Core rather
than rawhide on.

The binaries for mono are in /usr/bin with gac and libs
in /usr/lib[64]/mono and headers I think are in /usr/include/mono (in
other words, where they normally are!)

type which mono and it should say /usr/bin/mono.

When you say you can't get *any* webserver to run, does that include
Apache itself? If you point your browser at http://127.0.0.1 do you get
the default Apache page or nothing? If you are getting nothing, you
either don't have Apache installed (it's called httpd and httpd-devel
for FC) or it's not running (F->desktop->administration->server
settings->services to get to the config and ensure httpd is clicked and
then click on start. Apache will now always fire up when you start your
machine)

> Also, I’ve tried installing all the RPMs for Fedora 4 from
> mono-project.com which installs fine, but when firing up httpd I get
> an:
> 
> “Starting httpd: httpd: Syntax error on line 209
> of /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf: Syntax error on line 8
> of /etc/httpd/conf.d/mod_mono.conf: Cannot
> load /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_mono.so into
> server: /usr/lib/httpd/modules/mod_mono.so: undefined symbol:
> apr_sockaddr_port_get”

Yep. Things have moved on between FC4 and FC5 with the version of Apache
in use.

> However, using the RPMs for Fedora 4 doesn’t feel quite right when I
> know Mono is supposed to be built-in to the core of Fedora 5.

No. Key parts of the mono framework are built to FC5. Quite a bit isn't,
which is where FC-extras comes in. I'm currently waiting on approval for
5 mono packages to be included into extras (including MonoDevelop), and
as soon as they're happy, I'll do xsp and mod_mono.

> Can someone explain what I am missing here?

I would do the following

1. Open a terminal window
2. rpm -qa mono*
3. rpm -qa httpd*

Make sure mono & mono-devel, httpd & httpd-devel are all installed. If
they're not, 

3a. su
3b. yum -y install mono-devel httpd-devel

Next

4. Remove the FC-4 rpms you've installed
5. Check apache is running (start firefox, type http://127.0.0.1 and
ensure the default Apache config page is there)
6. Grab the sources for mod_mono and xsp from
http://www.go-mono.com/packages (IIRC)
7. Dearchive
8. cd mod_mono; ./configure; make; su; make install
9. Do the same for xsp
10. Follow the docs supplied in the mod_mono directory.

Any other problems, just ask :-)

TTFN

Paul
-- 
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den Rand mit dem festen Wissen des Wege vor Ihnen" - Linus Tordvals
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