a2enmod doesn't work on Mac OS X - Mountain Lion

Question

I have a little problem with "a2enmod" under Mountain Lion. I startet apache with "sudo apachectl start" and tryed to load passenger with

a2enmod passenger

but i throws:

-bash: a2enmod: command not found

Apache is working correctly at my localhost... any ideas?

Answer 1

I have written a CLI tool for enable/disabling Apache modules called the Apache Module Manager. It is cross-platform and best of all works on macOS.

For example:

$ amm enable passenger
$ amm disable passenger

Check it out at https://github.com/kodie/apache-module-manager

Answer 2

a2enmod was written for the Debian distribution, as it is a Debian-specific script with the package.

Answer 3

a2enmod is a command to enable an Apache module. You can achieve the same thing by editing /etc/apache2/httpd.conf and explicitly adding the passenger module:

LoadModule passenger_module libexec/apache2/mod_passenger.so

More about a2enmod here: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2084284?start=0&tstart=0