apache apt-get installation

[chan henry <cshenrychan@gmail.com>]

dear all,

i have got problem with my apache installation.

i installed apache on my debian etch installation, with the command
apt-get install apache.

soon later, i wanted to install php support. but i find that i dont
know the source directory of apache, i started the installation again.

i started by removing apache, by the command apt-get remove apache,
and removed the contents of /etc/apache/ *.* and
/usr/lib/apache/1.3/*.*

then i wanted to install it again, apt-get gets me an error, telling
me that they cant find contents in /etc/apache/httpd.conf

--error message quote---
debian:~# apt-get install apache
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
apache is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 9 not upgraded.
1 not fully installed or removed.
Need to get 0B of archives.
After unpacking 0B of additional disk space will be used.
Setting up apache (1.3.34-1) ...
/usr/sbin/apache-modconf: line 52: cd: /usr/lib/apache/1.3/: No such
file or directory
ls: *.info: No such file or directory
/usr/sbin/apache-modconf: line 118: cd: /usr/lib/apache/1.3/: No such
file or directory
dpkg: error processing apache (--configure):
 subprocess post-installation script returned error exit status 1
Errors were encountered while processing:
 apache
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
debian:~#
--- end error message quote---

what can i do to fix the installation?
and how can i tell where the source directory is?
and if i were to install by compile from source, can i ignore the error?

thanks in advance
henry