I have uninstalled apache2 with these commands :
sudo service apache2 stop
sudo apt-get purge apache2 apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2-common
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge
I have found what is left with this command :
whereis apache2
And then deleted all of these files and directories.
Now when I tried to install apache2 and run it I got an error :
sudo apt install apache2
sudo systemctl start apache2
Job for apache2.service failed because the control process exited with error code.
See "systemctl status apache2.service" and "journalctl -xe" for details.
sudo systemctl status apache2.service
● apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
Loaded: loaded (/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Sun 2021-10-03 10:34:31 UTC; 2min 38s ago
Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/
Process: 12449 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, status=203/EXEC)
Oct 03 10:34:31 machina systemd[1]: Starting The Apache HTTP Server...
Oct 03 10:34:31 machina systemd[12449]: apache2.service: Failed to execute command: No such file or directory
Oct 03 10:34:31 machina systemd[12449]: apache2.service: Failed at step EXEC spawning /usr/sbin/apachectl: No such file or directory
Oct 03 10:34:31 machina systemd[1]: apache2.service: Control process exited, code=exited, status=203/EXEC
Oct 03 10:34:31 machina systemd[1]: apache2.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Oct 03 10:34:31 machina systemd[1]: Failed to start The Apache HTTP Server.
apache2 -v
Server version: Apache/2.4.41 (Ubuntu)
Server built: 2021-09-28T11:00:45
apache2ctl -S
Command 'apache2ctl' not found, but can be installed with:
apt install apache2
Please ask your administrator.
Then I do :
sudo apt install apache2
But I get same error.
Tried this :
sudo apt-get --reinstall install apache2-bin
Same error.
This is how I fixed this problem.
At first you need to stop the Apache2 service and uninstall it completely :
After that restart your machine and only then install Apache2 again :
sudo apt install apache2