step 2 — compiling apache 2.0.59 on debian linux

download source from apache (switzerland mirror, you can choose best for you here)
wget http://mirror.switch.ch/mirror/apache/dist/httpd/httpd-2.0.59.tar.bz2

extracting from archive
tar -xvvf httpd-2.0.59.tar.bz2

change into dir
cd httpd-2.0.59

try to config source. here i specify modules for me: rewrite - for good-looking urls, deflate - for compression, headers - to change headers, info - apache informations (i use it for debug).
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/httpd --enable-rewrite --enable-deflate --enable-headers --enable-info

if you passed configure, can go to make. (for dual PII-350, 512 Mb it takes ~10 min)
make -j4

finally, install
make install

editing conf
vi /usr/local/httpd/conf/httpd.conf

if you want apache auto start:
copy start program to init.d
cp /usr/local/httpd/bin/apachectl /etc/init.d
update startup conf
update_rc.d apachectl defaults 19

test run
/etc/init.d/apachectl start

install instructions config help

/usr/local/httpd/conf/httpd .conf
/usr/local/httpd/bin/apachectl start

another help links
apachedev.ru