On Wed, 15 Nov 2000, Frank Reichenbacher wrote:
> Dear Listers,
>
> Being a newbie I probably shouldn't have tried to install the FP extension
> without more closely studying the install package, but I did, and there it
> is, a smoking mess. The FP install script overwrote the original Apache
> httpd daemon (the vers. that comes on the RH 6.2 cd) and has rendered my
> httpd services inoperable. In addition, FP created and chowned numerous
> directories, each corresponding to a different attempt to reinstall the FP
> extensions in a new location.
>
> I need to start over first with Apache and then re-attempt the FP ext. after
> more careful research. The Apache rpm won't uninstall or reinstall or
> install because of the mods to the daemon, I get a message that it either is
> or isn't aleady installed. --force appears to work, but somehow the original
> daemon isn't set up again, just isn't there.
>
> First, can I get rid of every trace of the FP ext. by deleting these
> directories one by one?
>
> Then, how do I get rid of the Apache package so I can reinstall from
> scratch?
>
My solution ( I tried a variant of the FP which only partially
worked) was to reinstall linux from scratch. It worked. :-)
John
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