Apache2 folder is lost

Question

I have removed the folder /etc/apache2 to reset its configuration, but when I reinstall Apache2 it is not coming back. Could anybody please explain this to me?

Answer 1

apache2.2-common packages contain config. Reinstall apache2.2-common:

sudo apt-get --reinstall install apache2.2-common

or use autoremove(remove satisfy dependencies):

sudo apt-get remove apache2
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get install apache2

Answer 2

Try doing

apt-get --reinstall install apache2.2-common -o DPkg::options::="--force-confmiss"

This will reinstall all configuration files from apache2.2-common that are missing.

Just reinstalling the package will not reinstall the configuration files.