Re: Ubuntu and mod_perl

On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 3:22 PM, Tom Kane <[email protected]> wrote:
> Now, I have another issue: I have created a startup.pl file and placed it into the conf.d
>  directory. However, when I restart apache2 I get an error message to the effect that the first
> 'use' statement is a syntax error. I'm sure that my problem lies in my confusion as to (1) where
> to point ServerRoot, and (2) where I'm supposed to put my perl scripts. These are all pretty
> elementary, I suppose, but if anyone can shed any light, I will be very appreciative.

You should have a line in your httpd.conf that looks something like
this.  If not, you will need to add it.

PerlPostConfigRequire /etc/apache2/conf.d/startup.pl