Re: cannot get smail to install

1998-07-05 Thread Eric
Well, the dpkg manpage says to use "dpkg --force-conflicts -i filename.deb" in order to install and ignore all conflicts (such as overwriting the files from the partial installation). Or, to force removal, use "dpkg --force-remove-reinstreq -r packagename" (you could also replace -r with --purge.)

cannot get smail to install

1998-07-05 Thread Keith Alen Vance
I am trying to install and setup smail with a debian package but it will not install. I think I tried this a month or so ago and it did not work. I think it partially had gotten installed but not configured. When I try and install the package it tries to remove the last attempt I made at instal