Re: Mostly fresh start install?
On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, T-SNAKE wrote:
> > > prompted questions and I think totally screwed sendmail... so I'm
> > > gonna start over. BUT, I'm not sure what the best way to proceed is.
> > Why not just de-install sendmail and then re-install it again. If you
> > de-install it you may see messages about x,not why not, etc. Ignore
> > those and just install. - Try this first before you throw the baby
> > with the bath.
>
> Sounds smart, if the other option of re-running the post-install script
> doesn't work, BUT how does one de-install sendmail? Is this a dselect
> activity? Do I just de-install sendmail* or are there lots of files I gotta
> take out? Also, what do I do when dselect bitches about dependancies (assuming
> it will)?
> Thanks,
No just "dpkg --remove sendmail" and it probably will refuse claiming that
app 1 depends on sendmail and app1 is installed, etc.
Then next do "dpkg --install sendmailX.Y.deb", where X and Y refers to the
numbers of the sendmail deb file. Sendmail should install and then you can
play with options.
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