Trying to install Apache on a Debian droplet, but I keep getting messages that apache2 wasn’t found. What should I do?
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Be sure to first update your apt database, without an updated database a new droplet will at first boot not know about any packages.
sudo apt-get update;
then do the Apache installation
sudo apt-get install apache2
If this does not work for you, please share the full output of these commands with us here so we can help you troubleshoot.
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