Cannot run cgi, show plain text only (Ubuntu 13.10 Apache 2.4)

Question

I just install Ubuntu 13.10 and I am trying to install Apache. But when I tried to run a perl file in cgi-bin, the browser showed only plain text.

My default.conf of Apa

Answer 1

Steps to install Apache on Ubuntu 13.10:

• sudo apt-get install apache2
• sudo service apache2 start

Steps to test Apache on Ubuntu 13.10:

• Visit http://your-host-here.com/ (or whatever your host is configured as).
• See the "It works" web page.

Steps to use CGI programs under Apache on Ubuntu 13.10:

• None. CGI is configured out of the box.

Steps to test CGI programs under Apache on Ubuntu 13.10:

• Edit a file in /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ (e.g. /usr/lib/cgi-bin/test)
• Add some Perl code (e.g. your code from above)
• sudo chmod +x /usr/lib/cgi-bin/test
• Visit http://your-host-here.com/cgi-bin/test

Note: "your-host-here.com" might well be "localhost", but SO won't let me use that in a URL :-/