Update: I’ve written a simpler procedure that will uninstall LAMP with a single command. I’m leaving this post here for historical reasons, but the process is much faster if you follow my newer post.

The most popular post on this blog is How to Install LAMP on Ubuntu 9.10. On that post, I’ve had a few comments asking how to remove the single command LAMP installation. Perhaps the something went wrong during the installation and you want to completely remove everything and start over. Or maybe you just decided you don’t need it installed any more and don’t want the extra files and processes cluttering up your system. For whatever reason, due to popular demand… Continue reading →