Follow these steps to remove the apache2
service using Terminal
:
- First stop the apache2 service if it is running with:
sudo service apache2 stop
Now remove and cleanup all the apache2 packages with:
sudo apt-get purge apache2 apache2-utils apache2.2-bin apache2-common //or
sudo apt-get purge apache2 apache2-utils apache2-bin apache2.2-common
Finally, run
sudo apt-get autoremove
just in case any other cleanup in needed
You can do the following two tests to confirm apache has been removed:
which apache2
- should return a blank linesudo service apache2 start
- should returnapache2: unrecognized service