How can I uninstall an apache2 module?

Question

It looks like I installed the wrong version of the module using apxs2.

Once it's disabled (a2dismod), how do I remove it so I can install the correct version?

Seems elementary, yet...somehow...I'm finding nothing on Google, IRC, etc.

mlissner · Accepted Answer · 2012-02-15T07:17:22.933

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It's so simple nobody has written it down yet. You just remove the .so file from /usr/lib/apache2/modules/.

And if you want to be thorough, remove anything that might be in: /usr/share/doc/module-name

edited Feb 15 '12 at 07:17

answered Feb 15 '12 at 06:58

mlissner

Mine was at `/var/httpd/modules` – User Jun 18 '15 at 03:08
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And mine in `/usr/lib64/httpd/modules/` (CentOS 7). – piotrek Mar 23 '17 at 12:21
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but that doesn't work as then you get a series of error's for all the places where file location has been mentioned. – Nitish Kumar Pal Apr 27 '18 at 10:16

score 4 · Answer 2 · answered Oct 25 '18 at 11:34

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For some modules on Ubuntu you can use apt-get.

To find the installed module sudo dpkg -l | grep apache. To remove sudo apt-get purge {module_name}.

For example:

sudo apt-get purge libapache2-mod-php7.0  libapache2-mod-php5

answered Oct 25 '18 at 11:34

weivall

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Dec 25 '20 at 08:45

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The apache modules can be found in /usr/lib64/apache2 or /usr/lib64/httpd

answered Dec 25 '20 at 08:45

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