Changing configuration?

[YamiHoshi]

I have a Debian VPS, where I've totally fucked up MySQL, so I had to switch back to XAMPP.
Now I have this:
My server still thinks I'm running Apache2, PHP, etc., but I've uninstalled it already.
After removing Apache2, PHP, MySQL, PHPMyAdmin, and other LAMP shit, and installing XAMPP, I can't load it in my webbrowsers on neither /, /xampp or /phpmyadmin.
How do I fix this?

[YamiHoshi]

Anyone?

[Nobbie]

Did you reboot the machine?
Did you successfully install Xampp?
Did you successfully start Xampp?
Did you clear the browser cache?
What do you enter in the browsers URL input line for "/", "/xampp" and "/phpmyadmin" (as these are not URLs)?

[YamiHoshi]

No.
Yes.
Yes.
No.
The IP of the server (there's no domain active on it, yet).

Edit:
If I do "ps aux | less" and "killall", I get this:

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...
root     18855  0.0  0.2   1752   340 ?        S    May20   0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/mysqld_safe
mysql    18903  0.0  1.5 112172  1976 ?        Sl   May20   0:00 /usr/sbin/mysqld --basedir=/usr --datadir=/var/lib/mysql --user=mysql --log-error=/var/lib/mysql/client319.alp.nl.weservit.nl.err --pid-file=/var/lib/mysql/client319.alp.nl.weservit.nl.pid
...
client319:/opt/lampp# killall /usr/sbin/mysqld
/usr/sbin/mysqld: Bestand of map bestaat niet
client319:/opt/lampp# killall 18903
18903: geen proces gevonden
client319:/opt/lampp#

[Nobbie]

No.

No reboot - keeps the old apache (and mysql) process active. OF COURSE you have to reboot your machine.

[YamiHoshi]

After rebooting, I got this:

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client319:~# /opt/lampp/lampp start
Starting XAMPP for Linux 1.7.3a...
XAMPP: Another web server daemon is already running.
XAMPP: Starting MySQL...
XAMPP: Starting ProFTPD...
XAMPP for Linux started.
client319:~#

Means that Apache isn't fully removed, after all.

[Nobbie]

Means that Apache isn't fully removed, after all.

Yes, because you did everything wrong man can do wrong. You obviously "killed" the Apache Process manually instead of shutting down your machine, which leaves a pid file on your PC, what makes Xampp "believing", that there is still another Apache active.

You are really talented in "fucking up" your software. You must now find out which file the pid file is and remove it manually.

[YamiHoshi]

Some nicer posts are more welcoming, like telling me where the PID file is in Debian, as an example.