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mod_wsgi and mod_xsendfile on OS X 10.9 Mavericks

Updated on Nov 4, 2013: The following tricks may still work, however I have found a much easier solution. Simply install Xcode command line developer tools and you should be able to compile source code without issues:

After upgrading my Mac from 10.8 to 10.9 Mavericks my apache stopped working, so I have to reinstall mod_wsgi and mod_xsendfile. However, tricks are needed to compile and install these mods successfully.

Upgrade Xcode

Upgrade Xcode in App Store. As mentioned by Valerie:

I had to manually upgrade Xcode (after Mavericks upgrade) from the App Store & agree to its license because ./configure hung forever until I did that.

mod_wsgi

For mod_wsgi installation, create a soft link to OSX10.9.xctoolchain:

Then run configure under mod_wsgi source code directory:

It will generate a Makefile similar as follows:

However, this Makefile is not correct and running ‘make’ the compiler will complain something like:

Prepend the following line to CPPFLAGS value:

Save the Makefile and it will look something like:

Then make && install:

Modify /etc/apache2/httpd.conf to enable mod_wsgi:

mod_xsendfile

Use the following command to compile and install mod_xsendfile:

Enabling HTTPS/SSL

After upgrading OS X the apache configuration was reset, but your original config is save to /etc/apache2/httpd.conf.pre-update. I need to enable SSL in httpd.conf again by uncommenting the following line:

Restart Apache and everything should work fine

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