@Khen1950fx - Thanks, that dir you list is exactly where mine came up after running the 'whereis' cmd.
@almut - I did some digging, and here's what I got:
#rpm -qil httpd-2.2.3-11.el5
Name : httpd Relocations: (not relocatab
+le)
Version : 2.2.3 Vendor: Red Hat, Inc.
Release : 11.el5 Build Date: Mon 06 Aug 200
+7 11:24:29 AM UTC
Install Date: Wed 13 May 2009 11:23:46 PM UTC Build Host: ls20-bc
+2-14.build.redhat.com
Group : System Environment/Daemons Source RPM: httpd-2.2.3-11
+.el5.src.rpm
Size : 3054126 License: Apache Softwar
+e License
Signature : DSA/SHA1, Mon 27 Aug 2007 01:38:50 PM UTC, Key ID 532681
+0137017186
Packager : Red Hat, Inc. <http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla>
URL : http://httpd.apache.org/
Summary : Apache HTTP Server
Description :
The Apache HTTP Server is a powerful, efficient, and extensible
web server.
/etc/httpd
/etc/httpd/conf
/etc/httpd/conf.d
/etc/httpd/conf.d/README
/etc/httpd/conf.d/proxy_ajp.conf
/etc/httpd/conf.d/welcome.conf
...
Is this what you were talking about, a runtime install...?