First of all - I have looked and tried several approaches including
https://askubuntu.com/questions/94805/apache-server-not-starting/

I am using Ubuntu 14.04 64 bit

I had purged using an answer at serverfault

• sudo service apache2 stop


• sudo apt-get --purge remove apache2 sudo apt-get remove apache2-common


• sudo apt-get autoremove


• whereis apache2 (gave 3 locations)


• sudo rm -rf /etc/apache2


• sudo rm -rf /usr/sbin/apache2


• sudo rm -rf /usr/lib/apache2

I did

• sudo apt-get -y install apache2 - says it is the newest version


• all conf files are in /etc/apache2 /etc/log/apache2/error_log is blank


• sudo service apache2 restart gives no output - no error - no message


• http//localhost or 127.0.0.1 say web server not available


• ps ax | grep -i apache gives 7919 pts/0 S+ 0:00 grep --color=auto -i apache

I am stumped - please help!

Edit - just realized /usr/sbin/apache2 does not exist
and neither does /usr/lib/apache2

After 3 re-installs - how do i get them - pleas help - thx