This is how I installed and configured rApache on Debian 6.0 (squeeze). It should work on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx also.
Install R and Apache MPM prefork (I assume that Apache 2 is installed already):
> sudo aptitude install r-base r-base-dev apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-prefork-dev
Download and build rApache from source:
> cd /usr/local/src > sudo wget http://biostat.mc.vanderbilt.edu/rapache/rapache-1.1.17.tar.gz > sudo tar xzf rapache-1.1.17.tar.gz > cd rapache-1.1.17 > sudo ./configure > sudo make > sudo make install
Create file /etc/apache2/mods-available/R.load
with content:
LoadModule R_module /usr/lib/apache2/modules/mod_R.so
Enable mod_R:
> sudo a2enmod R
Create folder /var/www/r-scripts
.
Add the following to /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
inside <VirtualHost *:80>
:
<VirtualHost *:80> ... <Directory /var/www/r-scripts/> SetHandler r-script RHandler sys.source </Directory> ... </Directory>
Created file /var/www/r-scripts/hello.R
with the following content:
setContentType(type='text/plain') cat('Hello') DONE
Restart Apache:
> sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart
Verify that it works:
> curl -s http://localhost/r-scripts/hello.R Hello
Done.
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