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Force remove apache2-mpm-prefork

Hello.

I for some reason I can not remove apache2-mpm-prefork & apache2.2-common.

Code:

ri  apache2-mpm-prefork              2.2.3-4+etch6                        Traditional model for Apache HTTPD 2.1

ri  apache2.2-common                  2.2.3-4+etch6                        Next generation, scalable, extendable web se

Code:

apt-get remove apache2-mpm-prefork apache2.2-common

Reading package lists... Done

Building dependency tree... Done

The following packages will be REMOVED:

  apache2-mpm-prefork apache2.2-common

0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 2 to remove and 20 not upgraded.

Need to get 0B of archives.

After unpacking 4465kB disk space will be freed.

Do you want to continue [Y/n]?

(Reading database ... 32796 files and directories currently installed.)

Removing apache2-mpm-prefork ...

Stopping web server (apache2)...grep: /etc/apache2/*: No such file or directory

 failed!

invoke-rc.d: initscript apache2, action "stop" failed.

dpkg: error processing apache2-mpm-prefork (--remove):

 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

dpkg: apache2.2-common: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:

 apache2-mpm-prefork depends on apache2.2-common (= 2.2.3-4+etch6).

Removing apache2.2-common ...

Stopping web server (apache2)...grep: /etc/apache2/*: No such file or directory

 failed!

invoke-rc.d: initscript apache2, action "stop" failed.

dpkg: error processing apache2.2-common (--remove):

 subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1

Errors were encountered while processing:

 apache2-mpm-prefork

 apache2.2-common

E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

I have tried
# apt-get -f install
It installs apache2.2-utils

Any ideas on how to reomve this pest...

Jon

dpkg -r --force-all {package-names}

Give that a whirl.

Interesting the packages are currently marked for re-installation.. 'ri' -

it looks like the uninstall is failing because it can't run the stop scripts.. did you manually remove any files from apache ?

I would attempt to purge the packages and all their config.

apt-get
apt-get --purge remove apache2-mpm-prefork apache2.2-common

dpkg
dpkg -P apache2-mpm-prefork apache2.2-common

aptitude
aptitude purge ~apache2

Thank you for your inputs. Your comments gave me an idea to try and reinstall which seemed to work. I was not able to remove or purge without the reinstall.

I had uninstalled apache2 then deleted the /etc/apache2 folder manually which was a mistake. (lesson learned)

Code:

# aptitude reinstall apache2 apache-common apache-dev apache2.2-common

Thanks again,
Jon

Yes to get rid of all the config files when uninstalling a package, you should use the purge option..

Learn something new every day ehh ? :)