I never intended to do such a thing as what the title describes. However, since we need it at work temporarily, I have to crack up my linux skills to set this up. Principal reference is http://www.apache-asp.org/config.html.

In Debian,

  1. install libapache2-mod-perl2 + libapache-asp-perl

<br /> sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-perl2<br /> sudo apt-get install libapache-asp-perl<br />

  1. configuration includes:
    sudo vi /etc/apache2/sites-available/default
 76     PerlModule  Apache::ASP
 77      <files>
 78        SetHandler  perl-script
 79        PerlHandler Apache::ASP
 80        PerlSetVar  Global .
 81        PerlSetVar  StateDir /data/asp
 82      </files>

  1. Restart apache.

  2. Make sure you have the correct permissions to: /data/asp
    <br /> drwxrwxr-x 4 www-data www-data 4096 2007-11-13 15:33 asp<br />

  3. If you encounter the problems:

[Tue Nov 13 15:12:36 2007] [error] [client 127.0.0.1] Can't locate object method "get" via package "APR::Table" at /usr/share/perl5/Apache/ASP.pm line       2016.\n at /usr/share/perl5/Apache/ASP.pm line 2016\n\tApache::ASP::get_dir_config('APR::Table=HASH(0x81d96f8)', 'Global') called at /usr/share/perl5/A      pache/ASP.pm line 275\n\tApache::ASP::new('Apache::ASP', 'Apache2::RequestRec=SCALAR(0x81d9764)', '/data/wwwroot/asp/test.asp') called at /usr/share/pe      rl5/Apache/ASP.pm line 183\n\tApache::ASP::handler('Apache2::RequestRec=SCALAR(0x81d9764)') called at -e line 0\n\teval {...} called at -e line 0\n, re      ferer: http://127.0.0.1/asp/

Read nable-post. which patches /usr/share/perl5/Apache/ASP.pm as follows:

The lines 65-71:
   if($ENV{MOD_PERL}) {
   $ModPerl2 = ($mod_perl::VERSION &gt;= 1.99);
   if($ModPerl2) {
       eval "use Apache::ASP::ApacheCommon ();";
       die($@) if $@;
   }
   }
 
become
   if($ENV{MOD_PERL}) {
   $ModPerl2 = ($mod_perl::VERSION &gt;= 1.99);
   my $ver = $mod_perl::VERSION;
   if ($ver eq "") { $ver = $ENV{MOD_PERL_API_VERSION}; }
   $ModPerl2 = ($ver &gt;= 1.99);
   if($ModPerl2) {
       eval "use Apache::ASP::ApacheCommon ();";
       die($@) if $@;
   }
   }
  1. If Step 5 still doesn’t work.

a. And this to /etc/apache2/conf.d/perl.conf:

PerlRequire /etc/apache2/startup.pl

b. startup.pl
<br /> #!/usr/bin/perl<br /> use Apache2::compat;<br /> 1;<br />

  1. To test. Paste the ff in test.asp under your webroot.
  <!-- sample here -->
 
  For loop incrementing font size:
 
  &lt;% for(1..5) { %&gt;
	<!-- iterated html text -->
	<font size="<%=$_%>"> Size = &lt;%=$_%&gt; </font> 
  &lt;% } %&gt;
 
  <!-- end sample here -->