Get the source code:

    ftp://www.apache.org/apache/dist/ 
    http://www.apache.org

Extract the source:

    gunzip -dc apache_1.2b6.tar.gz | tar xvf -

Move to working directory:

    cd apache_1.2b6

Read fine documentation:

    more README

Move to source code directory:

    cd src

Read more fine documentation:

    more INSTALL

Copy configuration template:

    cp Configuration.tmpl Configuration

Run configuration script:

    ./Configure

Build executable:

    make

Create local configuration files:

    cd ../conf
    for i in `ls *-dist`
    do
        cp $i `basename $i -dist`
    done
    vi httpd.conf srm.conf access.conf

httpd.conf

ServerAdmin matthew@bluenote.local-linux.net
ServerRoot /tmp/web

srm.conf

DocumentRoot /tmp/web/htdocs
Alias /icons/ /tmp/web/icons/
ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /tmp/web/cgi-bin/

access.conf

<Directory /tmp/web/htdocs>
<Directory /tmp/web/cgi-bin>

Create Web Server directories:

mkdir -p /tmp/web/{bin,conf,logs,icons,cgi-bin}

Copy core files to directories:

cp *.conf mime.types /tmp/web/conf
cp ../src/httpd /tmp/web/bin
cp ../icons/* /tmp/web/icons

Launch Web Server

/tmp/web/bin/httpd -f /tmp/web/conf/httpd.conf