=  HowTo Compile mod_wsgi for LAMP servers

Tags: [[UoL Lamp Server]] [[HowTo]] [[Python]]

== Why it didn't work how it should

- `mod_wsgi` is not in the repositories for SUSE linux, because the hate us.  Therefore, you have to compile it yourself.
- `pip` doesn't work on the LAMP servers, so you can't use the easy way.
- Stuff isn't where setup.py expects, and it doesn't adequately allow you to change the places to look, so you can't do it that way either.
- Also stuff isn't where the make file expects things to be either, so compiling doesn't work properly. But you can tell it where to look.
- Finally, you aren't allowed to put the compiled file where is should go, so `make install` doesn't work.  But it leaves it lying around, so you can copy it somewhere manually.

== Resources

- [[https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi]]
- [[https://code.google.com/p/modwsgi/wiki/InstallationIssues#Missing_Include_Files_On_SUSE]]

== Procedure

1. Get the latest version of `mod_wsgi` from [[https://github.com/GrahamDumpleton/mod_wsgi/releases]] and unzip it
2. Set up the configuration:

{{{
./configure --with-apxs=/usr/sbin/apxs2-prefork --with-python=/usr/bin/python
}}}

    ''Here we have to tell it where to find python and the Apache libraries.''

3. Compile it:

{{{
make
}}}

4. Copy the compiled file to somewhere where it can be used by Apache:

{{{
cp {mod_wsgi directory}/src/server/.libs/mod_wsgi.so /local/apache2/etc/
}}}

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