Updating packages in Wheezy broke mysql and apache and php

[kedaha]

For example, your sources list, which you can modify for your own mirror, should look like this (don't include any extraneous sources):

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deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy main contrib non-free
deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-updates main
deb http://security.debian.org/ wheezy/updates main

But after editing it, don't go running any apt or aptitude commands yet or you might put the kibosh on any chances there are of stabilizing the system.

[wheakory]

I've added the repos you mentioned what would be the next step in the process.

[kedaha]

I've added the repos you mentioned what would be the next step in the process.

I'm not in the habit of repairing broken systems so it's a question of playing it by ear. By the way, does the server still have internet connectivity?
Is the dpkg tool still functional? If so, the next step is to deal with all the broken, i.e, half-configured packages.
I think you should reinstall the packages from /var/cache/apt/archives/
The problem is that if the broken packages are all removed by using another method, a lot of vital dependences could get ripped out rendering the system as dead as a doornail. But both aptitude or apt cannot be used at this stage. Take a look there, and if you post the output, please wrap it in code blocks so it looks like this:

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$ cd /var/cache/apt/archives && ls

Assuming you haven't previously cleaned out that directory, then I think you should later be able to use the following command to reinstall the deleted packages from that directory thus overwriting the broken packages.

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# dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/

But you'll have to append exactly the same packages you removed to this command.

[wheakory]

I very much appreciate the expert advice I will try
The sequence of steps and let you know tomorrow.

[kedaha]

I very much appreciate the expert advice I will try
The sequence of steps and let you know tomorrow.

Thanks, there are also other steps to be taken. The first objective is to try and get the system back to the state you started from and proceed from there.

[dilberts_left_nut]

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libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.18) but 2.24-11+deb9u1 is installed
libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.17-92) but 2.24-11+deb9u1 is installed

I suspect this is going to give you trouble.

[kedaha]

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libc-dev-bin : Depends: libc6 (< 2.18) but 2.24-11+deb9u1 is installed
libc6-dev : Depends: libc6 (= 2.17-92) but 2.24-11+deb9u1 is installed

I suspect this is going to give you trouble.

I'm sure it'll give him trouble; in fact so much so that it may make restoring the system nigh on impossible. Querying the Debian archive currently shows:

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$ rmadison --architecture amd64 libc6
libc6      | 2.13-38+deb7u10 | oldoldstable | amd64
libc6      | 2.19-18+deb8u10 | oldstable    | amd64
libc6      | 2.24-11+deb9u1  | stable       | amd64
libc6      | 2.24-12         | testing      | amd64
libc6      | 2.24-14         | unstable     | amd64

Here's output from commands
root@sftpinterface:~ # uname -r
3.2.0-1-amd64[/quote

Conclusion: It has an old kernel from wheezy and a core library from current stable. It's necessary to determine further the composition of that monstrous Frankendebian system and modify/etc/apt/sources.list accordingly. It's a wonder the system is still hobbling along at all.
@whickory
Post result of:

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$ cat /proc/1/comm

please.

[wheakory]

Here's result of command
[root@sftpface2 ~]# cat /proc/1/comm
init
[root@sftpface2 ~]#

[wheakory]

Heres archives directory content

root@sftpinterface:~ # cd /var/cache/apt/archives && ls
bash_4.2+dfsg-0.1+deb7u3_amd64.deb
binutils_2.28-5_amd64.deb
debian-archive-keyring_2017.5_all.deb
debian-keyring_2017.05.28_all.deb
dmeventd_2%3a1.02.137-2_amd64.deb
dmsetup_2%3a1.02.137-2_amd64.deb
dpkg_1.18.24_amd64.deb
ferm_2.1-5_all.deb
ftp_0.17-27_amd64.deb
init-system-helpers_1.48_all.deb
inotify-tools_3.14-1_amd64.deb
ipset_6.12.1-1_amd64.deb
libapr1_1.5.2-5_amd64.deb
libaprutil1_1.5.4-3_amd64.deb
libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3_1.5.4-3_amd64.deb
libaprutil1-ldap_1.5.4-3_amd64.deb
libblkid1_2.29.2-1_amd64.deb
libbsd0_0.8.3-1_amd64.deb
libc6_2.24-11+deb9u1_amd64.deb
libc6-dev_2.24-11+deb9u1_amd64.deb
libc-bin_2.24-11+deb9u1_amd64.deb
libc-dev-bin_2.24-11+deb9u1_amd64.deb
libc-l10n_2.24-11+deb9u1_all.deb
libcups2_2.2.1-8_amd64.deb
libdb5.3_5.3.28-12+b1_amd64.deb
libdevmapper1.02.1_2%3a1.02.137-2_amd64.deb
libdevmapper-event1.02.1_2%3a1.02.137-2_amd64.deb
libexpat1_2.2.0-2+deb9u1_amd64.deb
libfdisk1_2.29.2-1_amd64.deb
libgcrypt20_1.7.6-2+deb9u1_amd64.deb
libgmp10_2%3a6.1.2+dfsg-1_amd64.deb
libgnutls30_3.5.8-5+deb9u2_amd64.deb
libgpg-error0_1.26-2_amd64.deb
libgssapi-krb5-2_1.15-1_amd64.deb
libhogweed4_3.3-1+b1_amd64.deb
libinotifytools0_3.14-1_amd64.deb
libipset2_6.12.1-1_amd64.deb
libk5crypto3_1.15-1_amd64.deb
libkeyutils1_1.5.9-9_amd64.deb
libkrb5-3_1.15-1_amd64.deb
libkrb5support0_1.15-1_amd64.deb
libldb1_2%3a1.1.27-1+b1_amd64.deb
liblocale-gettext-perl_1.07-3+b1_amd64.deb
liblua5.2-0_5.2.4-1.1+b2_amd64.deb
liblvm2app2.2_2.02.168-2_amd64.deb
liblvm2cmd2.02_2.02.168-2_amd64.deb
liblz4-1_0.0~r131-2+b1_amd64.deb
liblzma5_5.2.2-1.2+b1_amd64.deb
libmemcached11_1.0.18-4.1_amd64.deb
libmemcachedutil2_1.0.18-4.1_amd64.deb
libmnl0_1.0.3-3_amd64.deb
libmount1_2.29.2-1_amd64.deb
libmpdec2_2.4.2-1_amd64.deb
libncurses5_6.0+20161126-1_amd64.deb
libncursesw5_6.0+20161126-1_amd64.deb
libnettle6_3.3-1+b1_amd64.deb
libnghttp2-14_1.18.1-1_amd64.deb
libp11-kit0_0.23.3-2_amd64.deb
libpam-winbind_2%3a4.5.8+dfsg-2+deb9u1+b1_amd64.deb
libpython2.7_2.7.13-2_amd64.deb
libpython2.7-minimal_2.7.13-2_amd64.deb
libpython2.7-stdlib_2.7.13-2_amd64.deb
libpython3.5_3.5.3-1_amd64.deb
libpython3.5-minimal_3.5.3-1_amd64.deb
libpython3.5-stdlib_3.5.3-1_amd64.deb
libpython-stdlib_2.7.13-2_amd64.deb
libreadline7_7.0-3_amd64.deb
libruby2.3_2.3.3-1_amd64.deb
libselinux1_2.6-3+b1_amd64.deb
libsmartcols1_2.29.2-1_amd64.deb
libssl1.0.2_1.0.2l-2_amd64.deb
libssl1.1_1.1.0f-3_amd64.deb
libsystemd0_232-25+deb9u1_amd64.deb
libtalloc2_2.1.8-1_amd64.deb
libtasn1-6_4.10-1.1_amd64.deb
libtcl8.6_8.6.6+dfsg-1+b1_amd64.deb
libtdb1_1.3.11-2_amd64.deb
libtevent0_0.9.31-1_amd64.deb
libtext-charwidth-perl_0.04-7+b5_amd64.deb
libtext-iconv-perl_1.7-5+b4_amd64.deb
libtinfo5_6.0+20161126-1_amd64.deb
libtirpc1_0.2.5-1.2_amd64.deb
libudev1_232-25+deb9u1_amd64.deb
libuuid-perl_0.27-1_amd64.deb
libwbclient0_2%3a4.5.8+dfsg-2+deb9u1+b1_amd64.deb
linux-headers-3.2.0-4-all_3.2.54-2_amd64.deb
linux-headers-3.2.0-4-all-amd64_3.2.54-2_amd64.deb
linux-headers-3.2.0-4-amd64_3.2.54-2_amd64.deb
linux-headers-3.2.0-4-common_3.2.54-2_amd64.deb
linux-headers-3.2.0-4-common-rt_3.2.54-2_amd64.deb
linux-headers-3.2.0-4-rt-amd64_3.2.54-2_amd64.deb
linux-headers-amd64_3.2+46_amd64.deb
linux-libc-dev_4.9.30-2+deb9u3_amd64.deb
linux-source-3.2_3.2.54-2_all.deb
locales_2.24-11+deb9u1_all.deb
lock
lsb-base_9.20161125_all.deb
lsof_4.89+dfsg-0.1_amd64.deb
lvm2_2.02.168-2_amd64.deb
nfs-common_1%3a1.3.4-2.1_amd64.deb
p7zip-full_9.20.1~dfsg.1-4_amd64.deb
partial
perl-base_5.24.1-3+deb9u1_amd64.deb
proftpd-basic_1.3.5b-4_amd64.deb
proftpd-mod-vroot_0.9.4-1_amd64.deb
pv_1.6.0-1+b1_amd64.deb
python_2.7.13-2_amd64.deb
python2.7_2.7.13-2_amd64.deb
python2.7-minimal_2.7.13-2_amd64.deb
python-crypto_2.6.1-7_amd64.deb
python-dnspython_1.15.0-1_all.deb
python-ldb_2%3a1.1.27-1+b1_amd64.deb
python-minimal_2.7.13-2_amd64.deb
python-samba_2%3a4.5.8+dfsg-2+deb9u1+b1_amd64.deb
python-talloc_2.1.8-1_amd64.deb
python-tdb_1.3.11-2_amd64.deb
rake_10.5.0-2_all.deb
ruby-did-you-mean_1.0.0-2_all.deb
ruby-minitest_5.9.0-1_all.deb
ruby-net-telnet_0.1.1-2_all.deb
ruby-power-assert_0.3.0-1_all.deb
ruby-test-unit_3.1.7-2_all.deb
samba-common_2%3a4.5.8+dfsg-2+deb9u1_all.deb
samba-common-bin_2%3a4.5.8+dfsg-2+deb9u1+b1_amd64.deb
samba-libs_2%3a4.5.8+dfsg-2+deb9u1+b1_amd64.deb
screen_4.5.0-6_amd64.deb
sgml-base_1.29_all.deb
sysvinit-utils_2.88dsf-59.9_amd64.deb
tar_1.29b-1.1_amd64.deb
tasksel_3.39_all.deb
util-linux_2.29.2-1_amd64.deb
vim_2%3a8.0.0197-4_amd64.deb
vim-common_2%3a8.0.0197-4_all.deb
vim-runtime_2%3a8.0.0197-4_all.deb
vim-tiny_2%3a8.0.0197-4_amd64.deb
winbind_2%3a4.5.8+dfsg-2+deb9u1+b1_amd64.deb
xxd_2%3a8.0.0197-4_amd64.deb

[kedaha]

OK.
Please, specially when posting lengthy chunks of terminal output, use code blocks when editing your post by selecting the text to be included by right-clicking so that it's highlighted and then click the Code tab above so that this:

$ cat /etc/issue && cat /etc/debian_version

looks like this:

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$ cat /etc/issue && cat /etc/debian_version

This makes it easier for others to scroll through it and it doesn't intrude so much on the main post.
(Please post the output of the command by the way).
You might like to edit your previous posts to wrap the spammy-looking terminal output in code blocks too.
Some tools are needed for the job:
Please also show the results of the following:

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$ apt-cache policy apt-show-versions deborphan

If it isn't, then post result of:

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$ aptitude install -s apt-show-versions deborphan

deborphan will be uninstallable because libc6 is a dependency and now you have the wrong version but maybe the other can be installed.