<div dir="ltr"> <div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 6:12 PM, Jason Wilson <<a href="mailto:jwilson@noosaj.com">jwilson@noosaj.com</a>> wrote: <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"> On Sun, 7 Sep 2008, Ashley Benton wrote: > On Sun, Sep 7, 2008 at 5:44 PM, Leonard Chatagnier > <<a href="mailto:lenc5570@sbcglobal.net">lenc5570@sbcglobal.net</a>>wrote: > >> >> --- Ashley Benton <<a href="mailto:chuaukantli@gmail.com">chuaukantli@gmail.com</a>> 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 >> <a href="mailto:lenc5570@sbcglobal.net">lenc5570@sbcglobal.net</a> > > > 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 </div></div>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</blockquote><div> 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 </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> -- <div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c">ubuntu-users mailing list <a href="mailto:ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com">ubuntu-users@lists.ubuntu.com</a> Modify settings or unsubscribe at: <a href="https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users" target="_blank">https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-users</a> </div></div></blockquote></div> </div>