For security reasons, running the server as an unpriviledged 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 enable 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