Apache2 could not bind to address
07:23 04 May 2026

I have read endless iterations of this question, but none of them seem to help with this particular issue. I have uninstalled and reinstalled apache more times than I can count. Once installed, it will not run.

tric@triclptp:~$ sudo service apache2 status
× apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server
     Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/apache2.service; enabled; preset: enabled)
     Active: failed (Result: exit-code) since Mon 2026-05-04 09:14:22 EDT; 10min ago
       Docs: https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/
    Process: 30071 ExecStart=/usr/sbin/apachectl start (code=exited, status=1/FAILURE)
        CPU: 12ms

May 04 09:14:22 triclptp systemd[1]: Starting apache2.service - The Apache HTTP Server...
May 04 09:14:22 triclptp apachectl[30073]: AH00558: apache2: Could not reliably determine the server's fully qualified domain na>
May 04 09:14:22 triclptp apachectl[30073]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address [::]:80
May 04 09:14:22 triclptp apachectl[30073]: (98)Address already in use: AH00072: make_sock: could not bind to address 0.0.0.0:80

tric@triclptp:~$ sudo netstat -anp | grep :80
tcp        0      0 192.168.6.47:52454      34.107.221.82:80        ESTABLISHED 4408/firefox        
tcp        0      0 192.168.6.47:52470      34.107.221.82:80        ESTABLISHED 4408/firefox        
tcp6       0      0 :::80                   :::*                    LISTEN      24213/httpd        

This keeps occurring. It doesn't look like there are any other programs using port 80, but I'm not particularly proficient in linux terminal.

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