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Installing Apache On Linux

Apache is a public-domain (i.e. open source) Web server developed by a loosely-knit group of programmers. The first version of Apache, based on the NCSA httpd Web server, was developed in 1995.

When Rob McCool, who had developed NCSA HTTPd, left NCSA in 1994, the project fizzled out. Since the source code was publicly available, many people using it had developed their own bug fixes and additional features that they needed for their own sites. The patches were shared via Usenet, as there was no centralized place for collecting and distributing these patches.

Brian Behlendorf and Cliff Skolnick had put up a mailing list and Brain set up a CVS (Concurrent Versioning System) tree, now anyone who wanted to could contribute new features and bug fixes. This led to a place where a group of developers could collect and distribute patches and bug fixes. Thus came into existence - Apache.

Since it was a patchy Web server, the name APACHE evolved from A PAtCHy sErver. The Apache version 0.6.2 was released in April 1995 and the version 1.0 was released on December 1, 1995. Currently there are two versions of Apache available the first is 1.3.X.XX-X the most popular and tried and tested and completely stable. Apache.org, the Apache website indicates that there will be no enhancements made to 1.3.X.XX-X only bug fixes will be done.

The second is 2.0.X.XX, which is the latest version of Apache, which is being constantly being bug fixed and enhanced (when creating this material). Either version can be used as a full-fledged production grade Web Server when required.

Apache is a freely available Web server. It can be downloaded from http://www.apache.org for free. Apache software has the highest market share in the web server market (this includes parked web sites without any real content) and is Microsoft IIS's main competitor.

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