have you tried to manually remove the files? with "rm -fr <insert path
here>" try that for all the directories u want to delete.. =) Oh by the way
.. try http://www.lighttpd.net/ as an alternitive to apache.. don't get me
wrong Apache is awesome..
-scott
On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 7:35 PM, Ronald Giardina <general.reikan@gmail.com>wrote:
> I'm attempting to uninstall apache2. The goal here is to remove apache2 AS
> WELL AS all config files.
>
> sudo apt-get --purge remove apache2 apache2-utils
>
> However, when I do this I get this message
>
> Removing apache2.2-common ...
> Purging configuration files for apache2.2-common ...
> dpkg: warning: while removing apache2.2-common, directory '/var/www' not
> empty so not removed.
> dpkg: warning: while removing apache2.2-common, directory
> '/etc/apache2/sites-available' not empty so not removed.
> dpkg: warning: while removing apache2.2-common, directory '/etc/apache2'
> not empty so not removed.
>
> I've looked online and can't find a solution to this *that works*. Notice
> my usage of underlining. If the explicit purpose of the purge option is to
> remove a package and it's configuration files why does dpkg choke when it
> finds configuration files in a folder? Educate me please!
> I'll be away from my computer for the rest of night so I won't be able to
> try anything, but I will be able to receive emails on my phone, fyi.
>
> Thanks.
>
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