May be me not understanding the problem, but with a fresh install of 12.04, I still can't install ssmtp even though it is the fixed 2.64-5build1:
[tristan@cabecou ~] sudo apt-get install ssmtp Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done Some packages could not be installed. This may mean that you have requested an impossible situation or if you are using the unstable distribution that some required packages have not yet been created or been moved out of Incoming. The following information may help to resolve the situation: The following packages have unmet dependencies: ssmtp : Depends: libgnutls-openssl27 but it is not going to be installed E: Unable to correct problems, you have held broken packages. Thanks -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/910333 Title: ssmtp depends on a library that does not exist (libgnutls- openssl.so.26) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/ssmtp/+bug/910333/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs