how do I resolve httpd conflict on amazon ec2 linux?

Question

I am trying to install apache on my amazon ec2 instance.

when I use :

sudo yum -y install httpd

I get a conflict with httpd2.2

Error: httpd24-tools conflicts with httpd-tools-2.2.25-1.0.amzn1.x86_64

But I cannot remove the older version using:

yum remove httpd-tools-2.2.25-1.0.amzn1.x86_64
yum remove httpd

I just get the error

Loaded plugins: priorities, update-motd, upgrade-helper
No Match for argument: httpd-tools-2.2.25-1.0.amzn1.x86_64
No Packages marked for removal

or Loaded plugins: priorities, update-motd, upgrade-helper No Match for argument: hhtpd No Packages marked for removal

Im new to setting up these instances so any help would be appreciated in advance, thanks.

Answer 1

I canot access the AMI Id you have mentioned. instead I used AMI ami-d03ea1e0. Here are hte steps I followed:

1. Created an instance
2. Installed httpd.x86_64
3. then treid to install httpd24.x86_64 and recieved the error as yours
4. so removed httpd.x86_64 and httpd-tools-2.2.25-1.0.amzn1.x86_64 and it was sucessful
5. was successfully able to install httpd24.x86_64

Here is the status:

# httpd -v
Server version: Apache/2.4.6 (Amazon)
Server built:   Sep 20 2013 18:01:06

# lsb_release -a
LSB Version:    :base-4.0-amd64:base-4.0-noarch:core-4.0-amd64:core-4.0-noarch:printing-4.0-amd64:printing-4.0-noarch
Distributor ID: AmazonAMI
Description:    Amazon Linux AMI release 2013.09
Release:        2013.09
Codename:       n/a

It worked for me. Of course, the AMI I tried was a public one.

BTW, lsb_release -a doesn't work out of the box on aforementioned AMI. I had to install lsb package for that.