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@@ -52,6 +52,34 @@
<section id="overview"><title>Overview for the
impatient</title>
+ <dl>
+ <dt>Installing on Fedora/CentOS/Red Hat Enterprise Linux</dt>
+ <dd>
+ <highlight>
+sudo yum install httpd
+sudo systemctl enable httpd
+sudo systemctl start httpd
+ </highlight>
+
+ <note type="warning">Newer releases of these distros use
+ <code>dnf</code> rather than <code>yum</code>. See <a
+ href="https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Apache_HTTP_Server">the
+ Fedora project's documentation</a> for platform-specific notes.</note>
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt>Installing on Ubuntu/Debian</dt>
+ <dd>
+<highlight>
+sudo apt install apache2
+sudo service apache2 start
+</highlight>
+
+ <note type="warning">See <a href="https://help.ubuntu.com/lts/serverguide/httpd.html">Ubuntu's documentation</a> for platform-specific notes.</note>
+
+ </dd>
+
+ <dt>Installing from source</dt>
+ <dd>
<table>
<columnspec><column width=".13"/><column width=".80"/></columnspec>
<tr>
@@ -102,15 +130,22 @@
</tr>
</table>
- <p><em>NN</em> must be replaced with the current version
- number, and <em>PREFIX</em> must be replaced with the
- filesystem path under which the server should be installed. If
- <em>PREFIX</em> is not specified, it defaults to
- <code>/usr/local/apache2</code>.</p>
+ <p><em>NN</em> must be replaced with the current version
+ number, and <em>PREFIX</em> must be replaced with the
+ filesystem path under which the server should be installed. If
+ <em>PREFIX</em> is not specified, it defaults to
+ <code>/usr/local/apache2</code>.</p>
+
+ <p>Each section of the compilation and installation process is
+ described in more detail below, beginning with the requirements
+ for compiling and installing Apache httpd.</p>
+ </dd>
+ </dl>
+
+ <note type="warning">Don't see your favorite platform mentioned
+ here? <a href="http://httpd.apache.org/docs-project/">Come help us
+ improve this doc.</a>
- <p>Each section of the compilation and installation process is
- described in more detail below, beginning with the requirements
- for compiling and installing Apache httpd.</p>
</section>
<section id="requirements"><title>Requirements</title>