Installing the Required Software

Our first task is to install all the software required to run the AxKit document server. Although Appendix B discusses Perl module installations, I think this is a unique enough case to cover it within the chapter, especially because you need to install other components. Here is a list of the required components,which can also be seen at the beginning of this chapter:

  • Apache web server

  • AxKit

  • mod_perl

  • LibXML2

  • LibXSLT2

  • XML::LibXML Perl module

  • XML::LibXSLT Perl module

In this section, we’ll discuss the installation instructions for each of the required components.

Apache Web Server and mod_perl Installation

To publish web pages (either with or without AxKit), an HTTP server such as Apache needs to be installed, properly ...

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