On Tuesday, 05.07.2005 at 15:46 -0400, Mark D. Hansen wrote: > > > > when i do: > > > > > > > > apt-get --purge remvoe exim4 > > > > > > > > debian also wants to remove mysql-server-4.1. why is this? how > > > > can i remove exim4 without removing mysql? > > > > > > I imagine mysql-server is complaining because it needs mailx, > > > which in turn requires an MTA (like exim) to be installed. You > > > will have to have some MTA (exim, sendmail, ...) installed, even > > > if it only handles mail between users on the local machine. > > > > Yes, that's exactly the reason. Had the same issue here a while > > back. We might be able to suggest a means to deal with this cleanly > > if you tell us about your motivations for removing exim ... do you > > want to do a clean re-install of exim? Install a different MTA? > > Thanks. Yes, I just want to do a clean re-install of exim. (Please reply on-list, Brad, and try not to top-post your replies) You could try: apt-get install --reinstall exim4 Dave. -- Please don't CC me on list messages! ... Dave Ewart - davee@sungate.co.uk - jabber: davee@jabber.org All email from me is now digitally signed, key from http://www.sungate.co.uk/ Fingerprint: AEC5 9360 0A35 7F66 66E9 82E4 9E10 6769 CD28 DA92
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