Recipe 22.5. Accessing the Apache User's Manual Locally

22.5.1 Problem

You appreciate the fine job the Apache maintainers have done with the documentation, and how it is nicely indexed on http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/. But it sure would be handy to have a local copy, so you can depend on it being available.

22.5.2 Solution

When you install from sources, the Apache manual is installed into your —datadir. If you configured your installation according to Recipe Recipe 22.2, this is /var/www/http/manual. You can read the manual pages by entering this directory, but the hyperlinks won't work. A nicer way to use it is to start up Apache, then read it in a web browser—simply open your browser and go to http://localhost/manual.

22.5.3 Discussion

If you install Apache from packages, you'll need a separate documentation package. On Debian, it's apache2-doc. RPM users need to look for apache2-manual or httpd-manual.

Examples of current versions are apache2-manual-2.0.50-3mdk.i586.rpm and httpd-manual-2.0.50-2.1.i386.html.

22.5.4 See Also

• http://httpd.apache.org/docs-2.0/