am i correct in saying apache is not installed on my server

sigint-ninja · 02-11-2016, 05:09 PM

when i run

systemctl list-units | grep apache (just realized it should be httpd)

nothing comes up but the command line

does this mean that apache is not installed?

if it isnt where/what is the best way to install it?

JockVSJock · 02-11-2016, 05:22 PM

More information...what Linux Distro is this?

If its an rpm based Distro, run the following command for Apache

Code:

rpm -qi | grep httpd

unSpawn · 02-11-2016, 05:23 PM

Are you certain the package is called "apache" and not "apache2" or "httpd"?
Shouldn't you use 'apt-cache search httpd' or 'rpm -q httpd' or somesuch?
If your distro provides real package management (and I don't mean './configure && make install;') is there any valid reason not to use it?

BW-userx · 02-11-2016, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sigint-ninja

when i run

systemctl list-units | grep apache (just realized it should be httpd)

nothing comes up but the command line

does this mean that apache is not installed?

if it isn't where/what is the best way to install it?

Code:

whereis apache
or
whereis apache2

if you receive a

Code:

apache:
or
apache2:

then it is not installed.

If you receive a path to where apache is then it is installed.

Code:

ls /etc/httpd
or
ls /etc/apache
or
ls /etc/apache2

will work too.

best way to install it is through your repo.

one should only install from source when there repo does not have it, or they want to modify it to their liking before it is installed. (general rule of thumb)

Habitual · 02-11-2016, 05:53 PM

CentOS package is http*
Ubus are apache2*

Code:

rpm -qa | grep -e http -e apache

should identify it.

sigint-ninja · 02-11-2016, 05:58 PM

ok so i did a whereis on apache apache2 and http...no results

i then did sudo yum -y install apache ...nothing to do came up

then

sudo yum -y install apache2 ...nothing to do came up

then

sudo yum -y install httpd ...and it installed

i then did a whereis httpd and it gave me a path

whats the difference between

apache
apache2
httpd?

so systemctl list.services only shows services that are currently running,it doesnt show you what is installed.

unSpawn · 02-11-2016, 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sigint-ninja

ok so i did a whereis on apache apache2 and http...no results

i then did sudo yum -y install apache ...nothing to do came up

then

sudo yum -y install apache2 ...nothing to do came up

then

sudo yum -y install httpd ...and it installed

I think you should read more carefully ;-p

Quote:

Originally Posted by sigint-ninja

whats the difference between

apache
apache2
httpd?

Ditto.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sigint-ninja

so systemctl list.services only shows services that are currently running,it doesnt show you what is installed.

Try 'systemctl list-all-units;', then 'systemctl enable httpd && systemctl start httpd;'.

sigint-ninja · 02-11-2016, 06:18 PM

why would they be called different names...does it not matter?

what did you mean by read more carefully ...sorry

yancek · 02-11-2016, 07:16 PM

Quote:

why would they be called different names...does it not matter?

I guess you would have to find out from the various develpers. Apache has been around for over 20 years and on many systems it is referred to as 'apache' whether it is apache1 or apache2 while on other systems the directories are referred to as apache2 if version 2+ is installed. The apache user:group is usually or at least often apache:apache but not always as Debian/Ubuntu have the user:group www-data:www-data for some reason. You just need to know which for the system you are using.

BW-userx · 02-12-2016, 06:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sigint-ninja

ok so i did a whereis on apache apache2 and http...no results

fyi about whereis

no results = not installed on system

command not found = whereis not installed on system