How do I update Apache on CentOS 6.5?

Question

I've spent all day searching Google and trying every command I could find or even think of to update Apache on my server. I am running CentOS 6.5 64 bit. I have uninstalled and reinstalled just to get the same outdated version. I run the command yum update httpd and it runs through the list of repositories and says there are no updates found. I know the newest update is 2.4.10 but I'm having the dangdest time trying to get that version to either update from current version or install with new installation. Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Solution

While Apache 2.4.10 is the latest version from Apache, it is not the latest version in Centos 6.5. On CentOS 6.5 the latest version is 2.2.15. If you really want Apache 2.4 you need to add a repo that contains it. See this question for an example

Comments

[webby68]

While the commands work to download the repository when I run the command yum install httpd24.x86_64 I get the following output "Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, refresh-packagekit Setting up Install Process Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile base: ftpmirror.your.org epel: mirror.steadfast.net extras: mirror.cs.uwp.edu remi: mirror.pw updates: mirror.millry.co webtatic: us-east.repo.webtatic.com Package httpd24-1-6.el6.x86_64 already installed and latest version Nothing to do [root@GTS001DEVSWS yum.repos.d]# httpd -v Server version: Apache/2.2.15 (Unix)"

[webby68]

The newer version doesn't install

[Ciclamino]

I suspect you didn't follow all the steps on the question linked. Using those directions you will have both apache 2.2 and 2.4 installed, but in different locations. Running httpd -version alone will pick up whatever httpd is in your PATH, which will almost certainly be the default 2.2 that comes with CentOS. The 2.4 version of httpd will located at /opt/rh/httpd24/root/usr/sbin/httpd

[webby68]

Yes, I installed both versions and got exactly what you described. I just simply uninstalled the other one and that took care of versioning