Ron Johnson <ron.l.john...@cox.net> writes: > On 05/08/2011 07:55 PM, Carl Johnson wrote: >> I was trying out postfix but I was unable to get it working the way I >> wanted, so I tried to purge postfix and reinstall exim4. I used >> aptitude to select postfix to purge and to install exim4, exim4-base, >> exim4-config, and exim4-daemon-light. It seems to accept the >> selections, but when it actually tries to install it, it gives the error >> message: >> >> E: Could not perform immediate configuration on 'exim4'. Please see >> man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2) >> >> I dropped the statement 'APT::Immediate-Configure "off";' into a file >> in /etc/apt/apt.conf.d, but it still won't install exim4. Does anybody >> have any idea what I am doing wrong, and what I can do to install exim? >> I am running this on a squeeze system. > > What *exact* command did you run?
I used the curses interface to aptitude, so I just told it to install exim4 and remove postfix. I just tried a command line equivalent as follows: # aptitude install postfix- exim4+ exim4-base+ exim4-config+ exim4-daemon-light+ The following NEW packages will be installed: exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light The following packages will be REMOVED: postfix 0 packages upgraded, 4 newly installed, 1 to remove and 32 not upgraded. Need to get 0 B/2,087 kB of archives. After unpacking 651 kB will be used. E: Could not perform immediate configuration on 'exim4'. Please see man 5 apt.conf under APT::Immediate-Configure for details. (2) Thanks. -- Carl Johnson ca...@peak.org -- 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/87hb9435c3.fsf@oak.localnet
