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How to run c programmes in browser using apache2 in ubuntu 14.04 ?

  • Posted September 5, 2014

Hi, I am basically from electronics background, but i have got interest in programing for web application, i am very new to it. Find very interesting and moreover i am enjoying it. I installed apache2 on ubuntu, i hosted some virtual host sites with index.html files. but i want to run c programme on browser. i went through cgi configuration for apache2, but was not successful. when i try for any /home/*/public_html/cgi-bin/ for DocumentRoot. apache2 gives DocumentRoot not found error, and get 403 and 404 error when try to access on browser. So how to run c executable file on browser using apache2 in ubuntu 14.04.

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nikolaikepler • January 14, 2015

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Andrew SB • September 5, 2014

To enable cgi-bin run:

sudo a2enmod cgi
sudo service apache2 restart

Then copy your executable to the directory /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ Assuming the name of your program is hello.cgi it will now be available at http://your.ip.address/cgi-bin/hello.cgi