1. Introduction
DISCLAIMERThis post is regarding LARAGON 6.0, the last FREE version.×
In Laragon, updating the Apache HTTP service to the latest version is easy.
Just download the new version, unpack it into the right folder and select the new version in the Laragon menu.
2. Notice
Be sure your Windows 10 (64 bit) OS has the latest Visual C++ Redistributable for Visual Studio 2015-2022 installed.
3. Laragon – Updating Apache HTTP service
- Download the latest Win64-VS17 Apache version from www.apachelounge.com into your \Downloads\ folder.
The packed file is named for instance httpd-2.4.55-win64-VS17.zip. - Unpack the downloaded ZIP archive in a folder with the same name, for instance httpd-2.4.55-win64-VS17.
- Move all files inside the \httpd-2.4.55-win64-VS17\Apache24\ folder up one level.
Then delete the (now empty) \Apache24\ folder. - Move the complete \httpd-2.4.55-win64-VS17\ folder to the \bin\apache\ folder of your Laragon installation.
- In the Apache section, select the newly installed Apache version.
- Laragon will restart the Apache Service using the new version.
- Now you can remove the previous version by removing its folder from \bin\apache\.
