[vox-tech] Apache reinstallation failing

[Alex Mandel]

Backup your config files from /etc/apache &/or /etc/apache2 and try to 
completely remove the packages. Then do an install not reinstall and 
copy back you config.
If you're doing this on Kubuntu, then using the graphical Synaptic may 
help you figure out what's really going on. Also if you turn on the 
properties in Synaptic it will list all files for a given installed 
package. That and reinstall is an option. Also you'll get the Complete 
removal, not just the removal if you want.

Sorry, I'm not quite sure how to do this via apt although there must be 
a way.

Why Apache and not Apache2?


Alex

Richard S. Crawford wrote:
> I'm having nothing but grief trying to get Apache reinstalled on a Kubuntu 
> server I've been building.  I installed Apache, then mistakenly installed 
> Apache2 on top of that, then tried to uninstall both, not knowing 
> that --reinstall was not an option with apt-get install.  Plenty of files 
> were deleted manually, problems arose, hilarity failed to ensue.  Now when I 
> try:
> 
> $ sudo apt-get --reinstall install apache2
> 
> apt tells me that Apache2 is being installed, but there are no /var/log files 
> for Apache, and when I try to launch apache2 with /etc/init.d/apache2 start, 
> there's no output, and Apache simply doesn't start.  When I tried recently to 
> simply install Apache (not 2), I got the following:
> 
> deguser at the-matrix:/var/log
> $ sudo apt-get --reinstall install apache
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree... Done
> Suggested packages:
>   apache-doc
> The following NEW packages will be installed:
>   apache
> 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
> Need to get 385kB of archives.
> After unpacking 827kB of additional disk space will be used.
> Get:1 http://security.ubuntu.com dapper-security/universe apache 
> 1.3.34-2ubuntu0.1 [385kB]
> Fetched 385kB in 3s (125kB/s)
> Preconfiguring packages ...
> Selecting previously deselected package apache.
> (Reading database ...
> dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `apache2-mpm-prefork' 
> missing, assuming package has no files currently installed.
> 
> dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `apache2-utils' missing, 
> assuming package has no files currently installed.
> 
> dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `apache2-common' missing, 
> assuming package has no files currently installed.
> 
> dpkg: serious warning: files list file for package `apache-common' missing, 
> assuming package has no files currently installed.
> 71621 files and directories currently installed.)
> Unpacking apache (from .../apache_1.3.34-2ubuntu0.1_i386.deb) ...
> Setting up apache (1.3.34-2ubuntu0.1) ...
> /var/lib/dpkg/info/apache.postinst: line 
> 12: /usr/share/apache/postinst.common: No such file or directory
> dpkg: error processing apache (--configure):
>  subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
> Errors were encountered while processing:
>  apache
> E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
> 
> 
> 
> Can anyone lead me on the road to recovery here?
> 
> 
> 
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