robertw@mymrtg:/var/www/perl$ sudo dpkg --purge apache
(Reading database ... 23483 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing apache ...
Purging configuration files for apache ...
md5sum: /usr/share/apache/default-configs/apache/access.conf: No such file or directory
md5sum: /usr/share/apache/default-configs/apache/srm.conf: No such file or directory
String found where operator expected at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/POSIX.pm line 26, near "XSLoader::load 'POSIX'"
        (Do you need to predeclare XSLoader::load?)
"my" variable $error masks earlier declaration in same scope at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/POSIX.pm line 46.
"my" variable $val masks earlier declaration in same scope at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/POSIX.pm line 46.
syntax error at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/POSIX.pm line 26, near "XSLoader::load 'POSIX'"
BEGIN not safe after errors--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/perl/5.8/POSIX.pm line 56.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Template.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 8.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Question.pm line 8.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Config.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Log.pm line 10.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Db.pm line 7.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/perl5/Debconf/Db.pm line 7.
Compilation failed in require at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 6.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/share/debconf/frontend line 6.
dpkg: error processing apache (--purge):
 subprocess post-removal script returned error exit status 255
Errors were encountered while processing:
 apache