Apache2 displays error and will not load on SLES11

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Environment

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 2

Situation

Error: Apache2 will not start with the following message:

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Starting httpd2 (prefork) /usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork: error while loading shared libraries: libaprutil-1.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory

The command line was:

/usr/sbin/httpd2-prefork -f /etc/apache2/httpd.conf

Resolution

Fix: From Software Management in Yast2, search for "libapr-util1" and install the library that comes up. After the install of this module, Apache2 should now start correctly.

Cause

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