Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > [also sent to prior Debian maintainer in case he can answer in 30 seconds!] > > I have installed the libhtml-embperl-perl package, and I'm trying > to get some perl commands within [+ brackets +] in html files to > be processed (first as cgi, then perhaps using mod-perl). > > After simply installing the package, the embperl brackets get > passed on as text as output in the HTML, so the preprocessor > isn't invoked by default. > > The HTML::Embperl man page says to copy embpcgi.pl to the > cgi-bin directory. I've done this. Then it says: > > If you are running the Apache httpd, you can also define > embpcgi.pl as a handler for a specific file extention or > directory. > > Example of Apache srm.conf: > > <Directory /path/to/your/html/docs> > Action text/html /cgi-bin/embperl/embpcgi.pl > </Directory> > > So I tried variants of this but when I restart apache I get the > error: > > Invalid command 'Action', perhaps mis-spelled or defined by a > module not included in the server configuration > you need to have the apache module "mod_actions" compiled-in and enabled for the directive "Action" to be available. mod_actions belongs to the base modules and is compiled-in by default -- but this doesn't mean that it cannot be disabled ;-) (sorry, I don't know about the debian package). Do a
httpd -l for a list of compiled-in modules (among these you should see "mod_actions.c") or httpd -L for a list of available directives (here you should see "Action (mod_actions.c)"). See the apache documentation for details on how to enable modules... BTW: as far as I know, the debian embperl-package isn't quite the most recent version, so you might consider building your own newer one (1.3b5) -- if you can live with a non-debian package on your system) Also, just in case you didn't know, there is an embperl mailing list ([email protected]), for the kind of problems where you need real experts ;-) Good luck, Erdmut -- Erdmut Pfeifer science+computing gmbh -- Bugs come in through open windows. Keep Windows shut! --
