[ms4w-users] help install apache !!

[bartvde@xs4all.nl]

Hi,

you should extract to c:/ms4w/apache (not c:/ms4w/ms4w/apache). Then
everything should work.

Best regards,
Bart

> Hi all
> I am a new user to ms4w . I extracted the package to c:/ms4w/ms4w/apache
> and
> etc . But i tried running apache.exe from command prompt like this
> c:/> ms4w/ms4w/apache/bin/apache.exe but i got the following error .
>
> ServerRoot must be valid a directory
> Error at line 57 of apache/conf/httpd.conf file :
>
>   The machine is w2000 and the IIS was running so assuming there is port
> conflict between IIS and Apache I stopped IIS and tried the same but the
> same error persists !!! So I changed the httpd.conf file's Listen port
> from
> 80 to 8080 but the same problem again !!!
> What is the solution ? and next I saw the folder apache/htdocs and
> apache/cgi-bin both containing
> files like phpinfo.php , phpinfo_mapscript36.php and
> phpinfo_mapscript_40.php and the next folder containing mapserv36.exe and
> mapserv40.exe . So these four files are supposed to be used for
> customozing
> our own web  mapping application with MapServer right ? and i dont see any
> MapServer.dll which is widely talked about by the dmsolutions.on.ca .. So
> Is
> it that the ms4w uses MapScript API s ? What is teh difference between
> usuing mapserver.dll and mapscript .php ?
> could any one elaborate on this and the general direction i should proceed
> with ? My ultimate aim is to render maps based on the TIGER files . Could
> any one shed some light on this ?
> With regards and thanks
> dharani
>
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