How to completely remove an application as well as the configuration files?

[Ashley Benton]

On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Jason Wilson <jwilson at noosaj.com> wrote:

>
>
> On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Ashley Benton wrote:
>
> > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Leonard Chatagnier
> > <lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net>wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> --- Ashley Benton <chuaukantli at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >>> Hi,
> >>> I am trying to install apache2, php5, and my sql and
> >>> I messed up somewhere.
> >>> Apache was working but stopped when I tried to use
> >>> ssl. After hours of
> >>> trying to find where I messed up I wanted to remove
> >>> apache2 and reinstall
> >>> it. My problem is sudo apt-get remove apache2 then
> >>> sudo apt-get install
> >>> apache2 reinstall apache 2 like it was and doesn't
> >>> delete my configuration
> >>> files. I tried sudo apt-get purge apache 2 but
> >>> apache 2 is still here the
> >>> way I configured it. What could I do to completely
> >>> uninstall apache2 and
> >>> reinstall it with its original configuration files?
> >>> By doing ls -l I found some file like that :"books~"
> >>> I am guessing that some
> >>> files that were saved after a crash but I don't know
> >>> how to open them. They
> >>> should be in my home directory but are not (or at
> >>> least I can't see them)
> >>> How can I open them and delete them? I tried
> >>> lost+found but it wasn't there
> >>> neither.
> >>> Your help would be appreciated
> >>> Thank you
> >>> Meg
> >> sudo aptitude purge <pkgname> should do it. I don't
> >> know for sure about apt-get but I think it's something
> >> like sudo apt-get remove --purge <pkgname>.  Either
> >> should remove the conf files but if not for some
> >> unknown reason you could do locate apache and remove
> >> any related files manually using the rm command or
> >> better still use the mv command so you could retrieve
> >> them if needed.
> >> HTH,
> >>
> >> Leonard Chatagnier
> >> lenc5570 at sbcglobal.net
> >
> >
> > Thank you for your answer. I tried apt-get remove --purge and it told me
> > 'Package apache2 is not installed', so not removed' Now I am completely
> lost
> > because ls -l /etc/apache2 list me:
> > -apache2.conf, -conf.d, -envars, -httpd.conf, -mods-available,
> > -mods-enabled, -ports.conf, -sites-available, -sites-enabled, -ssl
> > Why can I see the files and directories with ls -l /etc/apache2 if it is
> not
> > installed? I thought that ls -l would show me only what is installed, am
> I
> > wrong?
> > Thanks
> > Meg
>
> Obviously you tried the --purge option _after_ you uninstalled it. Am I
> not correct? Any time you would like to completely remove software, you
> can either use your package manager to completely remove it, or you can
> use the --purge option with your apt command. The ls -l command lists
> contents in the directory you are currently working in or the directory in
> which you specify for ls to look in. ls -l doesn't _show_ you everything,
> ls -a does; however, the uninstallation didn't completely remove
> everything. Perhaps you could try reinstalling apache, then use the purge
> option to completely remove it, then reinstall it, _or_ you could just
> sudo rm everything.
>
> Jason


It is possible that you are right. So I tried sudo apt-get install apache2
then apt-get remove --purge apache2 as well as aptitude purge apache2 (after
reinstalling between the two operations) then well as dpkg -P.
Each time sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart apache 2 which is not installed
is working!
Is there a reason why it is working when it should have been removed (Did it
installed twice or more times and removed one of them?)
Now it seems that apache 2 is working with my configuration files as I
modified  them but I'd like to understand why I can't uninstall it from the
command line! Oh I forgot it is working but not installed! How is it
possible?

Meg

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