On Thu, Apr 13, 2006 at 01:47:16PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > trying to get an web interface up for a friend to administer his clients' > email > servers--tried webmin/qmail, no good (couldn't get qmail to run from the > command line or from the webmail interface). then we tried to install sendmail > just to see... very big badness! > > > # apt-get -f install > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Correcting dependencies... Done > The following extra packages will be installed: > sendmail-bin > Suggested packages: > sendmail-doc > The following NEW packages will be installed: > sendmail-bin > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 126 not upgraded. > 3 not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B/829kB of archives. > After unpacking 1745kB of additional disk space will be used. > Do you want to continue [Y/n]? > (Reading database ... 46737 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking sendmail-bin (from .../sendmail-bin_8.13.6-1_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sendmail-bin_8.13.6-1_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/sbin/newaliases', which is also in package > fastforward > abort-install of sendmail-bin > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/sendmail-bin_8.13.6-1_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
okay, this is annoying but not the end of the world, sendmail-bin and fast-forward overlap inthat one file. So your apt system is waiting for you to resolve that situation before it finishes its process with sendmail-bin. SO you tried removing fastforward below: > > > # apt-get remove fastforward > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > You might want to run `apt-get -f install' to correct these: > The following packages have unmet dependencies: > at: Depends: mail-transport-agent > cyrus21-common: Depends: postfix but it is not going to be installed or > mail-transport-agent > logcheck: Depends: exim4 but it is not going to be installed or > mail-transport-agent > mailx: Depends: exim4 but it is not going to be installed or > mail-transport-agent > mutt: Depends: exim4 but it is not going to be installed or > mail-transport-agent > qmail: Depends: fastforward (> 0.51-zarge0) but it is not going to be > installed this line is important---^^^ > rmail: Depends: sendmail-bin but it is not going to be installed or > mail-transport-agent > sendmail: Depends: sendmail-bin (= 8.13.6-1) but it is not going to be > installed > sensible-mda: Depends: sendmail-bin but it is not going to be installed or > mail-transport-agent > E: Unmet dependencies. Try 'apt-get -f install' with no packages (or specify a > solution). > you tried to remove fastforward, but qmail depends of fastforward so it looks to me like it wasn't removed. plus you've added in this sensible-mda package and who knows what else you've added to your list. > > # apt-get install sendmail-bin > Reading package lists... Done > Building dependency tree... Done > Suggested packages: > sendmail-doc > The following NEW packages will be installed: > sendmail-bin > 0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 126 not upgraded. > 3 not fully installed or removed. > Need to get 0B/829kB of archives. > After unpacking 1745kB of additional disk space will be used. > (Reading database ... 46737 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking sendmail-bin (from .../sendmail-bin_8.13.6-1_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sendmail-bin_8.13.6-1_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/sbin/newaliases', which is also in package > fastforward > abort-install of sendmail-bin > Errors were encountered while processing: > /var/cache/apt/archives/sendmail-bin_8.13.6-1_i386.deb > E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1) > yup, fastforward still hasn't been removed. try to `apt-get remove qmail fastforward` all on the same line and see if that gets you farther along. > > # aptitude > <try to delete fastforward and install sendmail-bin simultaneously> > (Reading database ... 46737 files and directories currently installed.) > Unpacking sendmail-bin (from .../sendmail-bin_8.13.6-1_i386.deb) ... > dpkg: error processing /var/cache/apt/archives/sendmail-bin_8.13.6-1_i386.deb > (--unpack): > trying to overwrite `/usr/sbin/newaliases', which is also in package > fastforward [...] aptidude is a front-end to apt. it can't do anything that apt can't do. > > > argh! any ideas on how to resolve this without a full reinstall? (i've been > tainted by windows lately, can you tell?) you shouldn'tneed a reinstall, just careful reading of the errors and methodical reversal of the things you've done to break it. At some point, you'll hit the right combination and apt will just automatically run through and finish everything. A > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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