For security reasons, running the server as an unprivileged user and group is strongly encouraged. groupadd apache && useradd -c apache -d /dev/null -g apache -s /bin/false apache The following patch will define the layout of destination directories and, among them, the build directory at /usr/lib/apache/build. This will allow the modules added to Apache to be configured without errors. Apply the patch: patch -Np1 -i ../httpd-&apache-version;-config.patch Build and install Apache by running the following commands: ./configure --enable-layout=LFS \ --enable-mods-shared=all && make && make install && chown root:root /usr/sbin/{apxs,apachectl,dbmmanage,envvars-std,envvars} && chown -R root:root /usr/{include,lib}/apache && chown -R root:root /var/www && chown -R root:root /usr/share/man