Remove apache2 (httpd)

jermo5 · 08-05-2003, 11:13 AM

Hi, I installed Red Hat linux 9, but I opted to not install apache 2 package when I installed RH. For some reason the apachectl file is still located in /sbin/. I have since installed apache 1.3 and it is located in /usr/local/apache/bin/apachectl . Is there some way to safely remove apache2 from /sbin so that there is no confusion in the future?

If I do

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rpm -qa | grep apache

it returns nothing. But if I do

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rpm-qa | grep httpd

it returns:

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httpd-2.0.40-21
redhat-config-httpd-1.0.1-18

Can I just get rid of apache2 (httpd) by doing:

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rpm -e 'httpd'

Is apache2 installed under the name httpd and apache 1.3 is installed under apachectl? I am also assuming nothing comes up when I grep for apache because I installed apache 1.3 from source (tar.gz), not as an rpm. I am new, so be gentle!

Jeremy

Mathieu · 08-05-2003, 11:38 AM

Of course,

if you installed the Apache 1.3 tarball (tar.gz), then it will not show up in the RPM database.
Using rpm -qa will only display RPM packages (.rpm) installed on your Linux.

If you want to remove Apache2, then remove httpd-2.0.40-21
So, in your case, you would type:

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rpm -e httpd-2.0.40-21 redhat-config-httpd-1.0.1-18

jermo5 · 08-05-2003, 11:47 AM

Do I need to check to make sure I am not causing any broken dependencies. I did a

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rpm -e httpd-2.0.40-21 redhat-config-httpd-1.0.1-18 --test

and nothing came up, so I am assuming I am ok to remove it. Is it a major issue that 1.3 is installed in /usr/local/apache/bin/ and not /sbin? Thanks so much!

Jeremy

jermo5 · 08-05-2003, 11:49 AM

I just removed both httpd packages and it gave me this response:

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warning: /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd saved as /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd.rpmsave

Is this ok? It looks like it's just telling me that it won't initialize httpd to run anymore. Does this mean httpd (apache2) was running on startup before? I have apache1.3 running at start up now.

Jeremy

Mathieu · 08-05-2003, 12:09 PM

It backup the Apache2 init script for some reason.
I don't know why.

If you look in the /etc/rc.d/init.d/httpd.rpmsave file and see a line like check for 1.3 configuration, then you know that it is the Apache2 init script.
You can delete it if you want.

jermo5 · 08-05-2003, 12:25 PM

I just rebooted my machine after removing apache2, and now my apache1.3 doesn't start automatically. It used to start apache1.3 and mysql on startup. Does this have something to do with the httpd.rpmsave file? Here is my httpd.rpmsave file. I have a feeling this is my apache1.3 file. In fact, I am almost positive, because I remember changing the pidfile location to /usr/local/apache/ dir, whereas apache2 was in /sbin. What can I do to get apache1.3 back on startup?

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#!/bin/sh
#
# Startup script for the Apache Web Server
#
# chkconfig: 345 85 15
# description: Apache is a World Wide Web server.  It is used to serve \
#              HTML files and CGI.
# processname: httpd
# pidfile: /usr/local/apache/logs/httpd.pid
# Startup script for the Apache Web Server
#
# description: Apache is a World Wide Web server.  It is used to serve \
#              HTML files and CGI.
# processname: httpd
# pidfile: /usr/local/apache/logs/httpd.pid
# config: /usr/local/apache/conf/access.conf
# config: /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf
# config: /usr/local/apache/conf/srm.conf

# the location of the file that will be used to record the process
# id of the running apache server
PIDFILE=/usr/local/apache/logs/httpd.pid

# the location of the apache daemon binary
BINFILE=/usr/local/apache/bin/httpd

# Source function library.
. /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions

# See how we were called.
case "$1" in
  start)
        echo -n "Starting httpd: "
        daemon $BINFILE
        echo
        touch /var/lock/subsys/httpd
        ;;
  stop)
        echo -n "Shutting down http: "
        [ -f "$PIDFILE" ] && {
            kill `cat "$PIDFILE"`
            echo -n httpd
        }
        echo
        rm -f /var/lock/subsys/httpd
        rm -f "$PIDFILE"
        ;;
  status)
        status "$BINFILE"
        ;;
  restart)
        $0 stop
        $0 start
        ;;
  reload)
        echo -n "Reloading httpd: "
        [ -f "$PIDFILE" ] && {
            kill -HUP `cat "$PIDFILE"`
            echo -n httpd
        }
        echo
        ;;
  *)
        echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop|restart|reload|status}"
        exit 1
esac

exit 0

jermo5 · 08-05-2003, 12:28 PM

I looked in my init.d/ directory and I saw another file "httpdVERSION2" that I created and in it is the checking 1.3 configuration line. I did a

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cp httpd.rpmsave httpd

so hopefully that will fix it. I am rebooting now. Does this make a sensible fix? Thanks!

jermo5 · 08-05-2003, 12:36 PM

Nope, it didn't work. apache 1.3 still doesn't start up automatically. Any thoughts? Do I need to add all those K15 and S15 files to the rc1.d, rc6.d directories? I don't understand how all that works anyway...

I ran ntsysv and it doesn't show httpd anymore. I am assuming httpd (1.3) is no longer a service. Thanks for any help!

jermo5 · 08-06-2003, 08:20 AM

I got it working. I did

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chkconfig --add httpd

then added it to 3+5=on. Thanks!

Jeremy