Re: How to reinstall config files

[marko.helle@pp.nic.fi]

Hi,

Thanks Ed for Your help :)

I downloaded apache packege with:
apt-get -d install apache

and checked what was in data.tar.gz

It seems to contain binaries and configurations
in it, so I guess
# apt-get --purge remove apache
# apt-get install apache

would work fine with apache.

apache2 has some different sturcture.

:)Marko


> marko.helle@pp.nic.fi wrote:
>
> > I had apache2 installed and working. Then I removed
> > it with:
> > apt-get remove --purge apache2
> >
> >
> Does the "--purge" have to be before the "remove"?  I don't know, but
> that's the way I've always done it.
>
> >
> > I was confused about this and just deleted that dir:
> > rm -rf /etc/apache2
> >
> OK
>
> >
> > 2nd question: How can I perform full reinstall?
>
> Well...what does 'dpkg -l apache2' show?
>
> This e-mail reminded me that I still had apache1's configs laying around
> (I removed the package without purging it).  So on my box I *had*:
>
> # dpkg -l apache
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name                            Version                        
> Description
+++-===============================-===============================-==============================================================================
> rc  apache                          1.3.33-3                       
> versatile, high-performance HTTP server
>
> # dpkg -P apache
> (Reading database ... 272705 files and directories currently installed.)
> Removing apache ...
> Purging configuration files for apache ...
> # dpkg -l apache
> Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
> | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
> |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err:
> uppercase=bad)
> ||/ Name                            Version                        
> Description
+++-===============================-===============================-==============================================================================
> pn  apache                          <none>                          (no
> description available)
>
>
> I would suggest trying "dpkg -P apache2" then "apt-get install apache2"
>
>
> HTH
>
>
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