linux:/etc# apt-get install apache2 Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree... Done The following extra packages will be installed: apache2-mpm-worker apache2.2-common The following NEW packages will be installed: apache2 apache2-mpm-worker apache2.2-common 0 upgraded, 3 newly installed, 0 to remove and 1 not upgraded. Need to get 0B/1391kB of archives. After unpacking 4284kB of additional disk space will be used. Do you want to continue [Y/n]? y Selecting previously deselected package apache2.2-common. (Reading database ... 21556 files and directories currently installed.) Unpacking apache2.2-common (from .../apache2.2-common_2.2.3-4_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package apache2-mpm-worker. Unpacking apache2-mpm-worker (from .../apache2-mpm-worker_2.2.3-4_i386.deb) ... Selecting previously deselected package apache2. Unpacking apache2 (from .../apache2_2.2.3-4_all.deb) ... Setting up apache2.2-common (2.2.3-4) ... Setting up apache2-mpm-worker (2.2.3-4) ... grep: /etc/apache2/mods-enabled/*.load: No such file or directory It looks like you've deleted /etc/apache2/mods-available/cgid.load, so mod_cgid cannot be enabled. To fix this, please purge and reinstall apache2.2-common. Starting web server (apache2)...apache2: Could not open configuration file /etc/apache2/apache2.conf: No such file or directory failed! invoke-rc.d: initscript apache2, action "start" failed. Setting up apache2 (2.2.3-4) ... linux:/etc#