Debian install of squirrelmail
If I'm going about this the wrong way, please feel free to flame/correct my
thinking/bonk me on the head....
I'm attempting to install the squirrelmail package (latest on
squirrelmail's home page, 1.2.2-1) on a production potato server. While I
realize this is a woody/testing package, adding the other required packages
apache-ssl, php4, wwwconfig-common haven't caused any ill effects. The only
roadblock seems to be the perl dependency. I see the current testing
release of perl is 5.6.1-6, and on the potato box it's at 5.005 something.
Here's the confusing output:
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#dpkg -i squirrelmail_1.2.2-1_all.deb
Selecting previously deselected package squirrelmail.
(Reading database ... )
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuraiton of squirrelmail:
squirrelmail depends on perl; however:
Package perl is not installed.
dpkg: erorr processing squirrelmail (--install):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing
#apt-get install perl
Reading Package Lists... Done
Building Dependency Tree... Done
You might want to run 'apt-get -f install' to correct these:
Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:
perl-5.005-base: Conflicts: perl but 5.004.05-2 is to be installed
E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or
specify a solution).
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Am I barking up the wrong tree, i.e., must I get this machine updated to
woody first, or is there a way to accomplish my goal?
Many thanks,
Jeffrey B. Green Personal Computer Consultant - Las Vegas, Nevada
http://jbgreen.com Networking Las Vegas Since 1986
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