I am having some wierd issues with Apache2 server on my ubuntu server. I believe some configuration files may have been tampered with. What is the easiest way to remove apache2 completely from my server. I am aware of how to install by using
sudo apt-get install apache2
but, I just want to make sure I completely remove apache2.
First stop your server obviously:
sudo service apache2 stop
Remove apache2 packages and dependencies:
sudo apt-get purge apache2 apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2-common
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
If you manually modified or installed stuff, apt might not remove it. Check what's left:
whereis apache2
Have a look whats inside these directories, and if you're confident you want to trash it, manually remove the directories. In my case:
sudo rm -Rf /etc/apache2 /usr/lib/apache2 /usr/include/apache2
These commands will completely remove Apache2, all its configs and logs:
sudo service apache2 stop
sudo apt purge apache2
sudo apt autoremove
sudo rm -rf /etc/apache2
sudo rm -rf /var/lib/apache2
sudo rm -rf /var/log/apache2
Install Apache2:
sudo apt install apache2
I think you can try this out.
APACHE_PKGS=`sudo dpkg --get-selections | grep apache | cut -f 1`
In your Terminal then check to see if it's there:
echo $APACHE_PKGS
Should show something like:
apache2 apache2-mpm-prefork apache2-utils apache2.2-common and many more. Then you run this command:
sudo apt-get remove --purge $APACHE_PKGS
sudo apt-get install $APACHE_PKGS
And you should be good to go.
