0

I have carelessly installed the following package: ppa:ondrej/php5 on a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS server.

It turns out that it comes with an upgrade from Apache 2.2 to Apache 2.4, breaking the existing installation.

I've already removed the package, but that was not enough to restore the site. What more do I need to do to recover?

Improve this question

1 Answer 1

Reset to default
1

You should be a little more clear about what is going wrong now; post output from apache2ctl -t and relevant lines from the Apache error log.

if by "I've removed the package", you mean the ppa:ondrej/php5 one, then you still have to remove apache-2.4 and install 2.2. Before doing this, I would backup /etc/apache2 (cp -a /etc/apache2 /etc/apache2.bak). Then, it may still not work because the configuration files may have changed. It may be wise to look at /etc/apache2 and see if you can see .dist-old (or something) files. Those would/could be the config files as they were before you installed 2.4.

BTW, do you have backups and/or have your /etc in git or bzr? Then it's easy enough to restore /etc/apache2.

Improve this answer
1
  • Thanks for replying. Yes, I have backups of /etc in git, and backing out was the first thing I tried, but without success. To me, it looks like upgrading is a one-way street. I struggled for a long time with an Apache that was part 2.2 and 2.4. I finally managed resolving it by doing a "proper" upgrade of Apache to 2.4. It's been a hard day.
    – Free Radical
    Jul 13, 2014 at 13:45

You must log in to answer this question.

Not the answer you're looking for? Browse other questions tagged .