Re: how to exclude a package

[Jose Luis Rivas Contreras <ghostbar38@gmail.com>]

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Chuck Payne wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I got a problem, I am using cpanel it keeps replacing postfix with exim.
> I like to know what is the simplest way to tell apt-get not to install
> exim. I have try to google, but most of the stuff I am reading makes it
> sound like you can't tell apt-get not to install app.

aptitude hold postfix

You must say to aptitude or apt-get that holds postfix, not that don't
install exim ;)

I don't know if you can do this using apt-get.

Regards,
Jose Luis.
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