$ cd /opt/httpd
# First we configure the build using the following syntax
# ./configure --prefix=/opt/apache2 --enable-mods-shared=few [--enable-{modname}] [--disable-{modname}] [with-apr=included] [with-pcre=/opt/pcre]
# Here is the most common configuration
./configure --prefix=/opt/apache2 --enable-mods-shared=few --enable-rewrite --enable-headers --enable-ssl --disable-userdir --disable-autoindex --disable-status --disable-env --disable-setenvif --disable-cgi --disable-actions --disable-negotiation --disable-alias --disable-include --disable-filter --disable-version --disable-asis --with-apr=included --with-pcre=/opt/pcre
$make
$make install |