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Need to set Apache homepage, but a linux n00b

Posted on June 8, 2015

Hello, i was wondering how to configure the homepage in Apache web server… i followed https://youtu.be/qmkwB7ZLt8M but his is different. If i got to index.html it’s blank. How can i fix this? Thanks!



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Yeah, i got it! :D But, thanks!

I mean both, thanks!

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At the moment I am not home,but I would create a Tutorial how to install Apache right. If it is OK for you to wait :-).

Until that you can do this :

sudo apt-get purge apache2
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo rm -r /etc/apache2
sudo rm -r /etc/php5 (if you installed it)
sudo apt-get install apache2

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