Abrie Merlin Apache and Perl

[alexkeel79]

Hello,

I'm new to Apache and I'm trying to run a perl script. Whenever I run the script in my web browser and it doesn't execute but brings up the script itself. I know the script works because I've run it on another machine. Do I need to enable Perl and if so how do I do that? Thanks for any help you can give.

 

[blizz]

Hi,

Check your httpd.conf file so that the AddHandler line is uncommented an you may have to add .pl to the line


From:
#AddHandler cgi-script .cgi

To:
AddHandler cgi-script .cgi .pl

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[RhythmAce]

Also if the directory you are trying to execute it from is not a ScriptAliased directory, then you need to add "Options ExecCGI" in its directory container in httpd.conf.