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

I tried to reproduce this issue and this is what i learned: In /etc/apache2/sites-available you either have multiple sites setup or are using the default. Either way there is a .... shows the path to my DocuumentRoot (wherer my .html files live). The second .... shows the path to my .cgi , .pl , .perl files:

    ServerName casey.local
    **DocumentRoot /home/casey/work/htdocs/casey.local**
    
      Options FollowSymlinks
      AllowOverride All
    

    ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/lib/cgi-bin/ 
    ****
      AllowOverride None
      Options +ExecCGI -MultiViews +SymLinksIfOwnerMatch
      Order allow,deny
      Allow from all