Preconfiguring packages ... dpkg: apache2-common: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request: apache2-mpm-prefork depends on apache2-common (= 2.0.55-4ubuntu4). (Reading database ... 216398 files and directories currently installed.) Removing apache2-common ... * Stopping apache 2.0 web server... grep: /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.load: No such file or directory grep: /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/php5.conf: No such file or directory [fail] invoke-rc.d: initscript apache2, action "stop" failed. dpkg: error processing apache2-common (--remove): subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 1 Errors were encountered while processing: apache2-common E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)