need help starting apache

[rcooldude]

I'm totally new to this. I downloaded apache in order to run php and mysql and I can't start it. When I try to start it I get the message that says that there are no listening sockets available and that it's not able to open logs. Can someone please explain to me what listening sockets are how I make them available and what logs are. Thanks.

[coopster]

Welcome to WebmasterWorld, rcooldude.

Apache is an HTTP server so after you start the server it will listen for requests. However, you first need to tell Apache on which IP and/or port to Listen [httpd.apache.org] for incoming requests. Apache will also log [httpd.apache.org] each request. You will want to get used to using the manual pages in the links here, they are going to come in quite handy.