on both my home and work pc, problems with apache2 package and apt

[Daniel A Sprouse]

ever since upgrade to 18.04 both my home pc and work pc have had issues with apt and the error always mentions apache - see attached text file

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
Package: apache2 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.2
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-24.26-generic 4.15.18
Uname: Linux 4.15.0-24-generic x86_64
Apache2ConfdDirListing: False
Apache2Modules: httpd (pid 1201) already running
ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 2 15:10:01 2018
InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-15 (109 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64 (20180228)
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apache2
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

Thanks for filing this bug in Ubuntu.

Please attach the following information:
- output of "sudo apt update && sudo apt -f install"
- output of "dpkg -l|grep apache"
- apt-cache policy apache2

The logs show just bits and pieces of what looks like failed downloads.

[Daniel A Sprouse (danielallensprouse)]

dsprouse@pavlovsFrog:~$ sudo apt update && sudo apt -f install
[sudo] password for dsprouse:
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates InRelease [88.7 kB]
Get:3 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security InRelease [83.2
kB]
Get:4 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports InRelease [74.6
kB]
Get:5 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main i386 Packages
[155 kB]
Get:6 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64
Packages [173 kB]
Get:7 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main
Translation-en [65.8 kB]
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Metadata [113 kB]
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Get:11 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/universe amd64
Packages [111 kB]
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Packages [111 kB]
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48x48 Icons [124 kB]
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Get:17 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64
Packages [110 kB]
Get:18 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/multiverse amd64
DEP-11 Metadata [2,468 B]
Get:19 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-backports/universe amd64
DEP-11 Metadata [5,100 B]
Ign:20 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable InRelease

Hit:21 http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb stable Release
Get:22 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main i386 Packages
[92.8 kB]
Get:23 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main
Translation-en [40.7 kB]
Get:24 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/main amd64 DEP-11
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Translation-en [18.8 kB]
Get:29 http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-security/universe amd64
DEP-11 Metadata [2,452 B]
Fetched 1,874 kB in 1s (1,283 kB/s)
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
19 packages can be upgraded. Run 'apt list --upgradable' to see them.
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
  flashplugin-installer gimp-gmic libass5 libaudcore3 libaudgui3 libaudtag2
libavcodec-ffmpeg56 libavdevice-ffmpeg56 libavfilter-ffmpeg5
  libavformat-ffmpeg56 libavresample-ffmpeg2 libavutil-ffmpeg54 libbinio1v5
libbluray1 libcapnp-0.5.3 libchromaprint0 libguess1 libhardware2
  libhybris libhybris-common1 lib...

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

There doesn't seem to be any error now. apt -f install finished fine (-f stands for "fix"), and the dpkg -l output also showed the apache packages in the expected "ii" state (installed, no errors).

Are you still having problems with apt in general? apt upgrade? apt dist-upgrade?

[Daniel A Sprouse (danielallensprouse)]

apt just throws errors for apache, I don't know if the errors are legit,
but it never complains about anything else. per ticket 1779686
I installed apachedoc and then re-ran the commands you sent earlier and it
didn't complain

dsprouse@pavlovsFrog:~$ sudo apt install apache2-doc
[sudo] password for dsprouse:
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer
required:
  flashplugin-installer gimp-gmic libass5 libaudcore3 libaudgui3 libaudtag2
libavcodec-ffmpeg56 libavdevice-ffmpeg56 libavfilter-ffmpeg5
  libavformat-ffmpeg56 libavresample-ffmpeg2 libavutil-ffmpeg54 libbinio1v5
libbluray1 libcapnp-0.5.3 libchromaprint0 libguess1 libhardware2 libhybris
  libhybris-common1 libllvm5.0 libmad0 libmate-desktop-2-17 libmedia1
libmimic0 libopencv-calib3d2.4v5 libopencv-contrib2.4v5 libopencv-core2.4v5
  libopencv-features2d2.4v5 libopencv-flann2.4v5 libopencv-highgui2.4v5
libopencv-imgproc2.4v5 libopencv-legacy2.4v5 libopencv-ml2.4v5
  libopencv-objdetect2.4v5 libopencv-video2.4v5 libopenjpeg5 libpodofo0.9.3
libpostproc-ffmpeg53 libqt5clucene5 libschroedinger-1.0-0 libsodium18
  libsrtp0 libswresample-ffmpeg1 libswscale-ffmpeg3 libtbb2 libtiff-tools
libva1 libvte-common libvte9 libwebpdemux1 libwildmidi1 libx264-148
libx265-79
  linux-headers-4.15.0-22 linux-headers-4.15.0-22-generic
linux-image-4.15.0-22-generic linux-modules-4.15.0-22-generic
  linux-modules-extra-4.15.0-22-generic linux-signed-generic-hwe-16.04
oxideqt-codecs-extra qml-module-qtwebkit snap-confine snapd-login-service
  xserver-xorg-input-evdev-hwe-16.04 xserver-xorg-input-synaptics-hwe-16.04
xserver-xorg-legacy-hwe-16.04 xserver-xorg-video-amdgpu-hwe-16.04
  xserver-xorg-video-qxl-hwe-16.04 xserver-xorg-video-vesa-hwe-16.04
Use 'sudo apt autoremove' to remove them.
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  apache2-doc
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 5 not upgraded.
Need to get 3,697 kB of archives.
After this operation, 24.0 MB of additional disk space will be used.
Get:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-updates/main amd64
apache2-doc all 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.2 [3,697 kB]
Fetched 3,697 kB in 1s (3,689 kB/s)
Selecting previously unselected package apache2-doc.
(Reading database ... 237029 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../apache2-doc_2.4.29-1ubuntu4.2_all.deb ...
Unpacking apache2-doc (2.4.29-1ubuntu4.2) ...
Setting up apache2-doc (2.4.29-1ubuntu4.2) ...
apache2_invoke: Enable configuration apache2-doc
Processing triggers for doc-base (0.10.8) ...
Processing 1 added doc-base file...
Registering documents with scrollkeeper...
dsprouse@pavlovsFrog:~$ a2enconf apache2-doc
Conf apache2-doc already enabled
dsprouse@pavlovsFrog:~$ ls -la /etc/apache2/conf-available/apache2-doc.conf
/etc/apache2/conf-
ls: cannot access '/etc/apache2/conf-': No such file or directory
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 221 Jun 7 16:10
/etc/apache2/conf-available/apache2-doc.conf
dsprouse@pavlovsFrog:~$ sudo apt update && sudo apt -f install
Hit:1 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic InRelease
Get:2 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu bionic-upda...

[Andreas Hasenack (ahasenack)]

It looks fine now.

>ls: cannot access '/etc/apache2/conf-': No such file or directory

That's a copy and paste error, the line probably wrapped. We are looking at /etc/apache2/conf-available and /etc/apache2/conf-enabled.

What the a2enconf command does is create a symlink from enabled to available. For some reason, when you upgraded apache2-doc in the beginning and it tried to enable the doc configuration, the file in conf-available wasn't there. That is odd, because it's the package itself that puts the file there. Most likely a mistake was made somewhere and that file was removed incorrectly, but there is no way to know now.

[Daniel A Sprouse (danielallensprouse)]

thanks, appreciate it. Have a great day.

On Thu, Jul 5, 2018 at 7:38 AM, Andreas Hasenack <email address hidden>
wrote:

> It looks fine now.
>
> >ls: cannot access '/etc/apache2/conf-': No such file or directory
>
> That's a copy and paste error, the line probably wrapped. We are looking
> at /etc/apache2/conf-available and /etc/apache2/conf-enabled.
>
> What the a2enconf command does is create a symlink from enabled to
> available. For some reason, when you upgraded apache2-doc in the
> beginning and it tried to enable the doc configuration, the file in
> conf-available wasn't there. That is odd, because it's the package
> itself that puts the file there. Most likely a mistake was made
> somewhere and that file was removed incorrectly, but there is no way to
> know now.
>
> --
> You received this bug notification because you are subscribed to the bug
> report.
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1779753
>
> Title:
> on both my home and work pc, problems with apache2 package and apt
>
> Status in apache2 package in Ubuntu:
> Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
> ever since upgrade to 18.04 both my home pc and work pc have had
> issues with apt and the error always mentions apache - see attached
> text file
>
> ProblemType: Bug
> DistroRelease: Ubuntu 18.04
> Package: apache2 2.4.29-1ubuntu4.2
> ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.15.0-24.26-generic 4.15.18
> Uname: Linux 4.15.0-24-generic x86_64
> Apache2ConfdDirListing: False
> Apache2Modules: httpd (pid 1201) already running
> ApportVersion: 2.20.9-0ubuntu7.2
> Architecture: amd64
> Date: Mon Jul 2 15:10:01 2018
> InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-03-15 (109 days ago)
> InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS "Xenial Xerus" - Release amd64
> (20180228)
> ProcEnviron:
> TERM=xterm-256color
> PATH=(custom, no user)
> LANG=en_US.UTF-8
> SHELL=/bin/bash
> SourcePackage: apache2
> UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
> To manage notifications about this bug go to:
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apache2/+bug/
> 1779753/+subscriptions
>

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. Daniel Sprouse

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