Apache Web Server source code compilation is always fun.
It’s very rare that Apache will be compiled on the first run on a brand new server.
The fact is it requires a lot of pre-requisite and if any of them is missing or version compatibility then you may have to spend a lot of time on fixing those.
I was working on the brand new server Linux 6.4 to install Apache 2.4.6 and encountered following error.
exports.c:1929: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_create' exports.c:921: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_create' was here exports.c:1930: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_destroy' exports.c:922: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_destroy' was here exports.c:1931: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_alloc' exports.c:923: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_alloc' was here exports.c:1932: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_free' exports.c:924: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_free' was here exports.c:1933: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_owner_set' exports.c:925: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_owner_set' was here exports.c:1934: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_owner_get' exports.c:926: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_owner_get' was here exports.c:1935: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_max_free_set' exports.c:927: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_max_free_set' was here exports.c:1937: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_mutex_set' exports.c:929: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_mutex_set' was here exports.c:1938: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_mutex_get' exports.c:930: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_allocator_mutex_get' was here exports.c:1944: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_init' exports.c:936: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_init' was here exports.c:1945: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_read32' exports.c:937: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_read32' was here exports.c:1946: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_set32' exports.c:938: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_set32' was here exports.c:1947: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_add32' exports.c:939: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_add32' was here exports.c:1948: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_sub32' exports.c:940: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_sub32' was here exports.c:1949: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_inc32' exports.c:941: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_inc32' was here exports.c:1950: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_dec32' exports.c:942: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_dec32' was here exports.c:1951: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_cas32' exports.c:943: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_cas32' was here exports.c:1952: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_xchg32' exports.c:944: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_xchg32' was here exports.c:1953: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_casptr' exports.c:945: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_casptr' was here exports.c:1954: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_xchgptr' exports.c:946: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_atomic_xchgptr' was here exports.c:1960: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_dso_load' exports.c:1085: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_dso_load' was here exports.c:1961: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_dso_unload' exports.c:1086: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_dso_unload' was here exports.c:1962: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_dso_sym' exports.c:1087: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_dso_sym' was here exports.c:1963: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_dso_error' exports.c:1088: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_dso_error' was here exports.c:1969: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_env_get' exports.c:1094: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_env_get' was here exports.c:1970: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_env_set' exports.c:1095: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_env_set' was here exports.c:1971: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_env_delete' exports.c:1096: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_env_delete' was here exports.c:1976: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_strerror' exports.c:1101: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_strerror' was here export.c:1981: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_stat' exports.c:1106: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_stat' was here exports.c:1982: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_dir_open' exports.c:1107: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_dir_open' was here exports.c:1983: error: redefinition of 'ap_hack_apr_dir_close' exports.c:1108: note: previous definition of 'ap_hack_apr_dir_close' was here
If you are getting a similar error, you can fix it as I did by following.
Solution
After looking into various parameters, I noticed this happens when you have apr-util lower version than 1.4.1
- Verify your apr-util version. If you find lower version, then you must install the 1.4.1 or higher
- Download apr-util source code from http://mirror.nus.edu.sg/apache/apr/
- Extract the downloaded file
Compile and install as following
./configure make make install
By default, it will install under /usr/local/apr/bin/apu-1-config
Now you can compline apache with newly installed apr-util and it should be okay.
./configure --with-apr-util=/usr/local/apr/bin/apu-1-config
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