How to install the LATEST Apache version?

[daladim]

Hi everyone,

I have just made a fresh install of Raspbian on a new SD card, and I have just installed Apache.

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apt-get install apache2 apache2-doc apache2-utils

However, it does not seem to be the latest version. According to the Apache homepage, the latest version is 2.2.27 (released 2014-03-26). But I have only installed 2.2.22 (info given by apachectl -v).
apt-get update and apt-get upgrade do not change anything.

So here are my questions:
1. Is there a way to install the very latest version (the Apache's changelog states that several security fixes have been made between 2.2.22 and 2.2.27). If possible, I'd like to do it through apt-get rather than by compiling the sources myself.
2. Why doesn't apt-get install the latest version automatically? Is there no ARM version of Apache 2.2.27 in Rapsbian repos (yet)? Is it not supported (yet) by Raspbian? If so, why?

Thanks for your help and your explanations, that will help me improve in knowing the Raspi system even better

[kusti8]

In order to get the latest Apache, you need to get it from git and compile it yourself. The reason the latest version is not in the repo, is because it takes time for people to compile the latest and upload it to the repo. The version in the repo is recommended even if it is older.

[rpdom]

Also, as Raspbian is based on Debian Linux, all the security patches are applied to the old version, which is why the full version of Apache in Raspbian is 2.2.22-13+deb7u3. The +deb7u3 means "Debian version 7 (Wheezy) with security updates number 3".

[daladim]

OK, great!
Thanks for your replies. I actually found the changelog for the very latest Debian version I installed (in /usr/share/doc/apache2/README.Debian.gz). Just like you said, it does state that recent security updates are included (I compared with the raw Apache changelog at http://mirrors.ircam.fr/pub/apache//httpd/CHANGES_2.2)

It is still not obvious to me why, depending on the distro, there must be so many differences between versions of the same package, but I guess there are good reasons that I don't get yet!

[fruitoftheloom]

https://packages.debian.org/wheezy/apache2

This is the version as stated in official Stable Debian Wheezy Repository, Linux Distros which are based off Debian ie Raspbian, Ubuntu etcetera will likely maintain there own repositories and therefore will quite often compile packages which are newer and also fix any dependecies issues.

Debian Wheezy Testing ie Debian 8 lists a later Apache Version but this is in testing stage and may break your system

https://packages.debian.org/jessie/apache2