Can't get rid of Apache
 

I am trying to upgrade to Apache2. The fact that Apache existed constantly screws up the install.

I finally tried:
apt-get --purge apache
apt-get clear

I was able to get apache2 to run, but not correctly. Apache *still* gets loaded at boot. I have to do a killall apache, then apache2 -k start. It works, but seems wrong.

Excuse me, I meant:
apt-get --purge remove apache
apt-get clean

well you could always just remove the SysV startup script?

# apt-get install sysv-rc-conf
# sysv-rc-conf
use the space bar to toggle on and off services accordingly..

Stopping the service has never been a problem. I want to remove the service. I don't want it to start back up the next time I boot.

and sysv-rc-conf can set it to not start next time you boot, even if it's still installed.

as for why it doesn't uninstall with apt, you need to post the errors you are getting when you try to remove apache in order for us to diagnose that problem. just saying it's not removed isn't enough information, that's why I only told you how to make it not start automatically.

I don't get any errors when I attempt to remove apache. It just isn't removed.

have you tried to remove with aptitude.....?

Did you use apt to install apache ? what is the output of apt-cache policy apache ?