there is some problems when i want to reinstall apache2 through aptitude / package. when i try usual apt-get remove apache2 then apt-get install apache2 i always get this message

/etc/apache2/envvars: No such file or directory
invoke-rc.d: initscript apache2, action “start” failed.

the message then says that its probably because you have deleted dir apache2. the problem is on apache2.2-common, but simple apt-get remove or dpkg –purge wont work, mostly because thera still package dependencies that prevent the package from deletion. after googling sometime i find same post that has been solved by running this command :

[php]sudo apt-get remove –purge $(dpkg -l apache* | grep ii | awk ‘{print $2}’) && sudo apt-get install apache2[/php]

that command will aslo work for usual reinstall (reinstall without any problem before)

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