EC2 Unable to install httpd

Question

Trying to setup wordpress in EC2. found several tutorials in web and tried. their are few steps to setup apache, php, mysql. one thing is install httpd following command

yum install httpd

But I am failed to install getting following message

Setting up Install Process
No package httpd available. 
Nothing to do

how to do install httpd and running apache server

After running yum repolist enabled I got this result

repolist: 0

Solution

Your repos are either empty or inactive.

What's the contents of the directory /etc/yum.repos.d ?

Are you running Amazon Linux or some other Linux? Run cat /etc/issue.net.

Update:

OP is using Ubuntu, not a RHEL-based distro.

So, in that case, run the following:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install apache2

If you follow instructions from the web, look for Ubuntu-specific ones, rather than ones that pertain to RedHat-based systems.

Note that the Apache package for Ubuntu is called "apache2", not "httpd".

Comments

[cjc]

Can you run yum repolist enabled to show which repositories are enabled? Please update your question with the results.

[prasannaboga]

after running yum repolist enabled it shows repolist: 0

[prasannaboga]

I am using Ubuntu 11.10. I cant find yum.repos.d in etc

[cjc]

Oh. You should not be using "yum". That's the RedHat/CentOS/AmazonLinux package management tool. You should be using "apt-get". Let me update my Answer with information on what to do.

[prasannaboga]

Thanks cjc. I tried apt-get here is result E: Package 'httpd' has no installation candidate

[cjc]

@Prasanna Correct, the package is named "apache2" in Ubuntu, not "httpd". See the last line of my updated Answer.