After commenting the contents of rpaf.conf and starting apache, I set the the webserver back to apache, then enabled the apache_nginx webserver again and this time the mod_rpaf.so gets installed! This seems to be the quick fix for now. I can uncomment the contents of rpaf.conf and restart apache.
Here is part of the install log after re selecting the Nginx/apache
Nginx installation Done
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/usr/lib64/apr/build-1/libtool --mode=install install mod_rpaf.la /usr/local/apache/modules/
libtool: install: install .libs/mod_rpaf.so /usr/local/apache/modules/mod_rpaf.so
libtool: install: install .libs/mod_rpaf.lai /usr/local/apache/modules/mod_rpaf.la
libtool: install: install .libs/mod_rpaf.a /usr/local/apache/modules/mod_rpaf.a
libtool: install: chmod 644 /usr/local/apache/modules/mod_rpaf.a
libtool: install: ranlib /usr/local/apache/modules/mod_rpaf.a
libtool: finish: PATH="/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/sbin" ldconfig -n /usr/local/apache/modules
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Libraries have been installed in:
/usr/local/apache/modules
If you ever happen to want to link against installed libraries
in a given directory, LIBDIR, you must either use libtool, and
specify the full pathname of the library, or use the `-LLIBDIR'
flag during linking and do at least one of the following:
- add LIBDIR to the `LD_LIBRARY_PATH' environment variable
during execution
- add LIBDIR to the `LD_RUN_PATH' environment variable
during linking
- use the `-Wl,-rpath -Wl,LIBDIR' linker flag
- have your system administrator add LIBDIR to `/etc/ld.so.conf'
See any operating system documentation about shared libraries for
more information, such as the ld(1) and ld.so(
manual pages.
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