Installing Apache2 on Leopard

[Rainer Müller]

Jason Hirsh wrote:
> I have successfully accomplished this... but frankly the process just
> doesn't sit well with my sense of things.. I now have two complete
> Apache installations...   and have to do work arounds to get the port
> installation to work
> 
> (apache2ctl etc)
> 
> Isn't there away to install the port version over the orginal
> installation?   it just seems the more orderly way of doing things

http://trac.macports.org/wiki/FAQ#WillMacPortslinktosystemlibrariesratherthanitsown

No, it would not be okay to overwrite the system provided software. The
next upgrade by Apple would remove it or would render it unusable.

Rainer