On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 04:53:09PM -0700, Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> Bob Holtzman <hol...@cox.net> writes:
>
> > Running Wheezy (7.9) on a reinstall after launching Jessie thru a wall.
> > Reinstalled all my s/w including msmtp and fetchmail. I brought
> > .fetchmailrc over from my backup as well as .msmtprc. Both had been
> > working flawlessly on the previous install. Now when I run "fetchmail" I
> > get "command not found". Perms on .fetchmailrc are 700. A search on
> > various variations of Wheezy fetchmail "command not found" came up with
> > nothing.
> >
> > Any ideas, pointers or flames appreciated.
>
> I assume when you say you get "command not found" you mean you get
> "fetchmail: command not found". If you mean you get anything else you
> can stop reading right now, because everything else in what I'm writing
> is assuming that.
>
> Are you *sure* you installed fetchmail on the new system? I know you
> said you did, but that would be the most obvious problem. You can run
>
> dpkg -l fetchmail
>
> and if it's there, you should get a line like
>
> ii fetchmail 6.3.26-2 amd64 SSL
> enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
>
> in your output. Assuming it's there, run
>
> dpkg -L fetchmail | less
>
> and see where the fetchmail program itself is installed. On my system, I get
>
> /usr/bin/fetchmail
>
> Now, try
>
> echo $PATH
>
> to see if /usr/bin is in your path. It sort of has to be; I can't
> imagine how a system could be useable without it.
>
> Anyway, those are some thoughts...
Aww give me a break. I've been screwing around w/ linux for 10-12 yrs
and yes, fetchmail is installed. Otherwise how could my .fetchmail file
exist with perms of 700 as I stated in my original post?
dpkg -L fetchmail
..........huuuge snip.........
/usr/bin
/usr/bin/fetchmail
Yup, there it is.
Thanks for the effort.
--
Bob Holtzman
A fair fight is the result of poor planning.
