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Re: Mostly fresh start install?



T-SNAKE <tsnake@rhombus.net> writes:

> > > 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

dpkg -r --force* or --ignore*
(See what dpkg --help or --force-help gives).

> 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)?

As long as you didn´t hit Ctrl-C everything up to the configuration
should have worked. 

Just download sendmail*.deb and do dpkg -i sendmail*deb. This should
replace the previous installed one, without complaining about
dependencies.

First try running sendmailconfig as root. 

Jens

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