# phpman > man > a2dismod(8)

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## NAME
       a2enmod, a2dismod - enable or disable an apache2 module

## SYNOPSIS
       a2enmod [-q|--quiet] [-m|--maintmode] [ module ]

       a2dismod [-q|--quiet] [-f|--force] [-m|--maintmode] [-p|--purge] [ module ]

## DESCRIPTION
       This manual page documents briefly the a2enmod and a2dismod commands.

       a2enmod  is  a script that enables the specified module within the apache2 configuration.  It
       does this by creating symlinks within /etc/apache2/mods-enabled.  Likewise, a2dismod disables
       a  module by removing those symlinks.  It is not an error to enable a module which is already
       enabled, or to disable one which is already disabled.

       Note that many modules have, in addition to a .load file, an associated .conf file.  Enabling
       the  module  puts  the configuration directives in the .conf file as directives into the main
       server context of apache2.

## OPTIONS
### -q, --quiet
              Don't show informative messages.

### -f, --force
              When disabling a module, also cascade disables all modules that depends on it.

### -m, --maintmode
              Enables the maintainer mode, that is the program invocation is  effectuated  automati-
              cally by a maintainer script. This switch should not be used by end users.

### -p, --purge
              When  disabling  a  module,  purge all traces of the module in the internal state data
              base.

## EXIT STATUS
       a2enmod and a2dismod exit with status 0 if all modules are processed successfully, 1  if  er-
       rors occur, 2 if an invalid option was used.

## EXAMPLES
              a2enmod imagemap
              a2dismod mime_magic

       Enables the mod_imagemap module, and disables the mod_mime_magic module.

## FILES
       /etc/apache2/mods-available
              Directory with files giving information on available modules.

       /etc/apache2/mods-enabled
              Directory with links to the files in mods-available for enabled modules.

## SEE ALSO
       [apache2ctl(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/apache2ctl/8/markdown), [a2enconf(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/a2enconf/8/markdown), [a2disconf(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/a2disconf/8/markdown), [a2ensite(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/a2ensite/8/markdown), [a2dissite(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/a2dissite/8/markdown).

## AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Daniel Stone <<daniel@sfarc.net>> for the Debian GNU/Linux dis-
       tribution, as it is a Debian-specific script with the package.

                                         12 October 2006                               [A2ENMOD(8)](https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/A2ENMOD/8/markdown)