I ended up doing: dpkg -i --force-confmiss /var/cache/apt/archives/apache_*.deb
that worked :) Tarjei Faheem Mitha wrote: > > In linux.debian.user, you wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I just managed to delete my apache file in /etc/init.d. > > > > What is the easyest way to get it back? > > > > If I try dpkg-reconfigure or apt-get install I just get missing > > /etc/init.d/apache apache not fully installed. > > Can't you do a remove (apt-get remove) followed by a reinstall > (apt-get install))? This should preserve your config files. If apt > does not work, dpkg should still work (dpkg -r will retain config > files). Then you can follow this by a apt-get install. > > Faheem.