Lamp-Server: can't get localhost to work properly

[kukac67]

Hello everybody, I'm new to this forum!
To the problem...

I have Ubuntu 10.10 and i installed the lamp-server by typing:

sudo apt-get install lamp-server^

everything seemed to work fine.
I created /home/user/public_html/
i did some stupid things to the apache2 files (/etc/apache2/) to try to change the location of localhost.
then i went to: http://localhost/
it said:
403 forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.
Apache/2.2.16 (Ubuntu) Server at localhost Port 80

I need help so this will work...
Yes there is something under /home/user/public_html/
it is index.html, and phpinfo.php

then i checked back again later and the folder (/etc/apache2/) is completely GONE!
what do I do?!?!!!?!?!?

[slooow]

How about

sudo apt-get purge lamp-server

and then reinstall it how you already did.
Not sure though if it works, since lamp-server is a meta-package.

[kukac67]

i'll try tommorow and let you know what happens

i'm sorta sleepy...

[kukac67]

ok,

so I tried:

sudo apt-get purge lamp-server^

this is what I got:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'libwrap0' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-core-5.1' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-core-5.1' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libmysqlclient16' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libdbi-perl' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'apache2' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'apache2-mpm-prefork' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'apache2.2-common' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'apache2.2-bin' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'apache2-utils' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libapr1' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libaprutil1' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libaprutil1-ldap' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'ssl-cert' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libapache2-mod-php5' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'php5-common' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'php5-cli' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libdbd-mysql-perl' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libplrpc-perl' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libhtml-template-perl' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'mysql-common' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libnet-daemon-perl' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'tcpd' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-5.1' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-5.1' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'php5-mysql' for task 'lamp-server'
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 apache2-mpm-prefork : Depends: apache2.2-bin (= 2.2.16-1ubuntu3.1) but it is not going to be installed
 apache2.2-common : Depends: apache2.2-bin (= 2.2.16-1ubuntu3.1) but it is not going to be installed
                    Depends: apache2-utils but it is not going to be installed
                    Recommends: ssl-cert but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

some ubuntu geek could help me...

/etc/apache2/ still doesn't exist...

i have no idea what to do...

[Loan_Refi]

to uninstall and purge lamp-server do this;

sudo apt-get remove --purge lamp-server

Your last command was missing "remove --purge"

[kukac67]

ok,

So i tried:

sudo apt-get remove --purge lamp-server^

but again the same thing happened:

Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
Note, selecting 'libwrap0' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-core-5.1' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-core-5.1' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libmysqlclient16' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libdbi-perl' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'apache2' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'apache2-mpm-prefork' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'apache2.2-common' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'apache2.2-bin' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'apache2-utils' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libapr1' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libaprutil1' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libaprutil1-ldap' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'ssl-cert' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libapache2-mod-php5' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'php5-common' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'php5-cli' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libdbd-mysql-perl' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libplrpc-perl' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libhtml-template-perl' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'mysql-common' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'libnet-daemon-perl' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'tcpd' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'mysql-client-5.1' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'mysql-server-5.1' for task 'lamp-server'
Note, selecting 'php5-mysql' for task 'lamp-server'
Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have
requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable
distribution that some required packages have not yet been created
or been moved out of Incoming.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:

The following packages have unmet dependencies:
 apache2-mpm-prefork : Depends: apache2.2-bin (= 2.2.16-1ubuntu3.1) but it is not going to be installed
 apache2.2-common : Depends: apache2.2-bin (= 2.2.16-1ubuntu3.1) but it is not going to be installed
                    Depends: apache2-utils but it is not going to be installed
                    Recommends: ssl-cert but it is not going to be installed
E: Broken packages

still don't know what to do...

[Rusty au Lait]

Not to add confusion to the situation. /etc/apache2 is gone completely? Before you purged it? Where did it go? Did you accidentally rename it? Anyway, can you reinstall lamp successfully? What is the "^" at the end of your command line?

[kukac67]

yes, /etc/apache2/ is completely gone

not renamed or anything...

i don't know where it went

i can't reinstall lamp-server succesfully...

adding the "^" at the end was the only way i could install it in the first place (before it got jacked up)

[felixoh]

Hi,

why don't you get the latest version of apachefriends xampp?
Download it from http://www.apachefriends.org/en/xampp-linux.html, extract it and just start it.

[Vegan]

If you want to use a LAMP stack, go download the server edition and use that.

Then you can install a desktop over that once you have the web appliances up.

You can also manage a server with a browser so a desktop is optional.