Start by telling us what Linux distribution you're running. Sounds like Debian but could also be Fedora Core with Apt-get installed. Try apt-get remove apache2 and apt-get remove apache -----Original Message----- From: Dr. Scott S. Jones [mailto:scott@xxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 11:07 AM To: users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [users@httpd] can't run apache..how do I purge and reload? How would I purge my system...of apache, clean it up..and then reinstall so that apache would run? Right now, I show that apache, apache2 and apache-ssl are all installed, via apt-get and all are the newest versions. Yet, I can't load localhost, or fyrenice.com or even the explicit IP address....ALL return... unable to connect to this location. I'd like to get apache running! Please help! scott --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx --------------------------------------------------------------------- The official User-To-User support forum of the Apache HTTP Server Project. See <URL:http://httpd.apache.org/userslist.html> for more info. To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx " from the digest: users-digest-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx