First of all – I have looked and tried several approaches including
https://askubuntu.com/questions/94805/apache-server-not-starting/
I am using Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit
I had purged using an answer at serverfault
- sudo service apache2 stop
- sudo apt-get –purge remove apache2 sudo apt-get remove apache2-common
- sudo apt-get autoremove
- whereis apache2 (gave 3 locations)
- sudo rm -rf /etc/apache2
- sudo rm -rf /usr/sbin/apache2
- sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/apache2
I did
- sudo apt-get -y install apache2 – says it is the newest version
- all conf files are in /etc/apache2 /etc/log/apache2/error_log is blank
- sudo service apache2 restart gives no output – no error – no message
- http//localhost or 127.0.0.1 say web server not available
- ps ax | grep -i apache gives 7919 pts/0 S+ 0:00 grep –color=auto -i apache
I am stumped – please help!
Edit – just realized /usr/sbin/apache2 does not exist
and neither does /usr/lib/apache2
After 3 re-installs – how do i get them – pleas help – thx
Best Answer
In 14.04, the apache binaries are located in
apache2-bin
.Since you are missing the binaries, you can try reinstalling that package along with
apache2
.Then try starting apache again, (Although I believe apache will auto-start itself after installation)