Proper way to remove apache2?

stefanlasiewski · 08-17-2005, 05:47 PM

Alright guys, I'm trying Debian again with Sarge.

I'm trying to figure out the proper way to remove Apache2. It was installed by default, and I don't like the layout, and I want to build my own from scratch.

However, I can't figure out the proper way to remove Apache2. It seems pretty basic, but the files haven't been removed.

This is a basic, vanilla install of Debian Sarge. I have made no big modifications. During the Debian Install process I just went with the default (e.g. I hit return a bunch).

Here we have two Apache components:

Code:

# ll /usr/sbin/apache2 /etc/init.d/apache2
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   3583 May 11 22:36 /etc/init.d/apache2
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 384748 May 11 22:36 /usr/sbin/apache2

I use 'apt-get remove' to remove the Apache installation:

Code:

# apt-get remove apache2
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
The following packages will be REMOVED:
  apache2*
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded.

But the files are still there:

Code:

# ll /usr/sbin/apache2 /etc/init.d/apache2
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root   3583 May 11 22:36 /etc/init.d/apache2
-rwxr-xr-x  1 root root 384748 May 11 22:36 /usr/sbin/apache2

I expected the files to be removed. This seems pretty basic. What am I missing?

bruno buys · 08-17-2005, 06:20 PM

apt leaves conf files and scripts, in case you wanna reinstall, or you manually crafted these files. Try:
apt-get remove apache2 --purge

stefanlasiewski · 08-17-2005, 07:38 PM

Thanks, but unfortunately /usr/sbin/apache2 is still there.

- /usr/sbin/apache2 isn't a conf file or script . It's a binary, and it seems like it should get removed.
- I never manually created either of those files.
- "apt-get remove apache2 --purge" doesn't remove the files.

It make some sense to keep /etc/init.d/apache2 and /etc/apache2/httpd.conf around.

Perhaps I munged the apt database ...

stefanlasiewski · 08-21-2005, 04:54 PM

Turns out /usr/sbin/apache2 is owned by the 'apache2-common' package. 'apache2-common' is not removed when you remove the 'apache2' package.