Thanks Frank. What I did was: wget https://apr.apache.org/download.cgi/apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2 which is more or less how I got the Apache source. But I will use the package that comes with the distro. Seems to be the normal way to get it from the responses I got. thanks for your help. John ====== On Sun, 2023-05-07 at 02:22 -0400, Frank Gingras wrote: > Compiling from source isn't the best path, if you're referencing the other > users@ post, no. You should use your distro's packages, unless you need a very > specific version. > > That being said, the files from the main link are fine. It sounds like you > saved the web page: > > https://apr.apache.org/download.cgi > > On Sun, May 7, 2023 at 1:02 AM John Iliffe <john.iliffe@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > I decided to install Apache by compiling from source since this is the way I > > have always done it in the past and as noted in one response, it is nice to > > know > > exactly what you are running. > > > > I ran into the rather odd result that the Apache APR files are not valid. > > Specifically, I downloaded the apr files from the Apache web site: > > > > file apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2 > > apr-1.7.4.tar.bz2: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines > > file apr-1.7.4.tar.gz > > apr-1.7.4.tar.gz: HTML document, ASCII text, with very long lines > > > > Where can I get valid files for APR? > > > > Regards, > > > > John > > ========= > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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