If you intend to use the mod_perl programming language support with your Apache web server, it can be interesting to install the small perl module program named Devel::Symdump. This third party module will allow you to inspect perl's symbol table and the class hierarchies within a running program. To build and install it, follow these steps.

These are the package(s)

        [root@deep ]/# cp Devel-Symdump-version.tar.gz /var/tmp/
        [root@deep ]/# cd /var/tmp/
        [root@deep ]/tmp# tar xzpf Devel-Symdump-version.tar.gz
      

Move into the new Devel-Symdump directory and type the following commands on your terminal to compile and install the module on your Linux server:

        [root@deep ]/Devel-Symdump-2.00# perl Makefile.PL
        [root@deep ]/Devel-Symdump-2.00# make 
        [root@deep ]/Devel-Symdump-2.00# make test 
        [root@deep ]/Devel-Symdump-2.00# make install 
      

Once the module has been installed on your system, you must include in your /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf file the following lines to be able to see the status of different Perl modules on the server: Edit the httpd.conf file, vi /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and add the following lines:

To verify that it works, points your web browser to the following address: http://my-web-server/perl-status/. The <my-web-server> is the address where your Apache web server resides.

Please as always Cleanup :

        [root@deep ]/# cd /var/tmp
        [root@deep ]/tmp# rm -rf Devel-Symdump.version/ Devel-Symdump-version.tar.gz