Well, I've done it again. I managed to crash php and the scripts I need to run just load into Safari as text. Since my versions of Apache and PHP were out of date, I tried to install the updates. I actually followed the installation instructions, but the 1st step returns an error and the 2nd step doesn't work:

     $ ./configure --prefix=/private/etc/httpd-2.4.4
     $ make
     $ make install
     $ /private/etc/httpd-2.4.4/bin/apachectl start

When I start with the './configure --prefix=/private/etc/httpd-2.4.4', I get this message:

 server:httpd-2.4.4 tim$ ./configure --prefix=/private/etc/httpd-2.4.4
checking for chosen layout... Apache
checking for working mkdir -p... yes
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /usr/bin/grep
checking for egrep... /usr/bin/grep -E
checking build system type... i386-apple-darwin12.4.0
checking host system type... i386-apple-darwin12.4.0
checking target system type... i386-apple-darwin12.4.0
configure: 
configure: Configuring Apache Portable Runtime library...
configure: 
checking for APR... yes
  setting CC to "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc"
  setting CPP to "/Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc -E"
  setting CFLAGS to " "
  setting CPPFLAGS to " -DDARWIN -DSIGPROCMASK_SETS_THREAD_MASK"
  setting LDFLAGS to " "
configure: 
configure: Configuring Apache Portable Runtime Utility library...
configure: 
checking for APR-util... yes
checking for gcc... /Applications/Xcode.app/Contents/Developer/Toolchains/OSX10.8.xctoolchain/usr/bin/cc
[U]checking whether the C compiler works... no
configure: error: in `/private/etc/httpd-2.4.4':[/U]
configure: error: C compiler cannot create executables
See `config.log' for more details
server:httpd-2.4.4 tim$ make
-bash: make: command not found
server:httpd-2.4.4 tim$

The 'make' command renders:

make: command not found

and then, the whole thing dies.

    No offense meant... but why on earth are you trying to compile Apache from source when it is apparent you have no experience (let alone the tools installed) to do so? It's a bit more involved than just launching a .exe installer (i.e. on Windows). Plus, it looks like your ./configure is failing fairly early in the process of checking for the many dependencies necessary.

    Have you tried looking for a pre-compiled binary rather than compiling from source?

      No, I haven't found anything other than the source code.

        Finally, the search succeeded.

        http://www.macports.org

        You'll need to install their software, and you'll need Xcode with command line access. https://developer.apple.com/xcode/.

        Beware, follow the instructions step by step. You'll wade though terminal a bit, but you don't have to be an expert. The instructions will walk you through the process. There's a whole lot of software on the site.

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