Below details the basic steps required to compile Apache 2.2 upon a CentOS based distro.
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Update System
yum install gcc
Download Source
cd /var/tmp/
wget
Unzip / Untar
gunzip httpd-2.2.19.tar.gz
mkdir httpd
cd httpd
tar -xvf ../httpd-2.2.19.tar
cd httpd-2.2.19/
Compile
./configure
make
Install
make install
Confirm Install
[root@localhost httpd-2.2.19]# /usr/local/apache2/bin/apachectl -v
Server version: Apache/2.2.19 (Unix)
Server built: Jul 10 2011 17:59:10
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