On Tuesday 02 March 2010 13:17:27 Carlos Williams wrote: > On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 3:27 AM, Lisi <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > > type > > aptitude install nullmailer > > in a root konsole. Press <enter>. > > Lisi > > Yes I understand now but as I stated before that installing Postfix, > Sendmail, or any other alternative MTA has no impact on the real > problem at hand. What ever MTA you choose to install, APT auto removes > Exim but leaves tons of files and directories behind. For some this is > no big deal but when you're an OCD Linux administrator, any rogue or > orphaned files like this drive you crazy. > > If you did any kind of install, Exim is installed and when you attempt > to install any alternative MTA, APT will auto remove Exim but leaves > you with clutter. Also if you decide to 1st manually remove Exim from > Debian using the '--purge' option, it still leaves behind all this > mess.
You could always reinstall choosing the most basic system, than carefully choose only the applications you actually want ands install them one by one. And you could do aptitude -s before actually installing anything, so things won't get pulled in that you would rather not have! You ought then to be able to have a system pure/clean enough to gladden the heart of the most C of OCD Linux administrators. ;-) Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201003021539.00904.lisi.re...@gmail.com
