mod_python in apache on OS X with Homebrew

Recently had to install mod_python to test something for a customer. It needed some nudging, so including it here. Snow Leopard, Homebrew and default httpd.

	clojure:apache2 jabley$ curl -v -o /dev/null http://localhost/
	* About to connect() to localhost port 80 (#0)
	* Trying ::1... connected
	* Connected to localhost (::1) port 80 (#0)
	> GET / HTTP/1.1
	> User-Agent: curl/7.19.7 (universal-apple-darwin10.0) libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3
	> Host: localhost
	> Accept: */*
	>
	% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
	Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
	< Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 10:53:43 GMT
	< Server: Apache/2.2.14 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8l DAV/2
	< Content-Location: index.html.en
	< Vary: negotiate
	< TCN: choice
	< Last-Modified: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:16:24 GMT
	< ETag: "130d9-2c-3e9564c23b600"
	< Accept-Ranges: bytes
	< Content-Length: 44
	< Content-Type: text/html
	< Content-Language: en
	clojure:local(master) jabley$ brew install mod_python
	==> Downloading http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/mirrors/apache/httpd/modpython/mod_python-3.3.1.tgz
	######################################################################## 100.0%
	==> Patching
	patching file src/connobject.c
	==> ./configure --prefix=/usr/local/Cellar/mod_python/3.3.1 --disable-debug --disable-dependency-tracking
	==> make
	==> make install
	==> Caveats
	* You must manually edit /etc/apache2/httpd.conf to load mod_python.so
	==> Summary
	/usr/local/Cellar/mod_python/3.3.1: 4 files, 176K, built in 22 seconds
	clojure:local(master) jabley$ sudo ln -s /usr/local/Cellar/mod_python/3.3.1/libexec/mod_python.so /usr/libexec/apache2/mod_python.so
	Password:
	clojure:apache2 jabley$ sudo vi /etc/apache2/httpd.conf
	...
	LoadModule python_module libexec/apache2/mod_python.so
	...
	clojure:apache2 jabley$ sudo /usr/sbin/apachectl restart
	clojure:apache2 jabley$ curl -v -o /dev/null http://localhost/
	* About to connect() to localhost port 80 (#0)
	* Trying ::1... connected
	* Connected to localhost (::1) port 80 (#0)
	> GET / HTTP/1.1
	> User-Agent: curl/7.19.7 (universal-apple-darwin10.0) libcurl/7.19.7 OpenSSL/0.9.8l zlib/1.2.3
	> Host: localhost
	> Accept: */*
	>
	% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
	Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
	0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 --:--:-- --:--:-- --:--:-- 0< HTTP/1.1 200 OK
	< Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 13:07:58 GMT
	< Server: Apache/2.2.14 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.14 OpenSSL/0.9.8l DAV/2 mod_python/3.3.1 Python/2.6.1
	< Content-Location: index.html.en
	< Vary: negotiate
	< TCN: choice
	< Last-Modified: Sat, 20 Nov 2004 20:16:24 GMT
	< ETag: "130d9-2c-3e9564c23b600"
	< Accept-Ranges: bytes
	< Content-Length: 44
	< Content-Type: text/html
	< Content-Language: en

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