Nasty mess installing sendmail

[Ric Moore]

On 09/28/2011 06:16 AM, Harry Putnam wrote:
> Ric Moore<wayward4now at gmail.com>  writes:
>
>>> So, can anyone recommend some method to get past this, and get the
>>> pkgs fully installed?
>>
>>
>> Purging them all and re-installing would probably be the quickest way. Ric
>
> OK, thanks for that... Wish I'd known to look for `purge' in man
> aptitude. I breezed right over it like a doodoo.
>
> Still not finding concise information about how to interpret the
> output of `aptitude'... I'm sure its equally obvious but I need a clue
> with the search strings.
>
> After purge I still see things that puzzle.  Like the uppercase A and
> the fact that `sendmail' is still not installed.
>
> p   sendmail
> i A sendmail-base
> i   sendmail-bin
> i A sendmail-cf
> p   sendmail-doc

If you crank up synaptic and put sendmail in the search bar, you'll see 
all the packages that the system is aware of. I like my point and click 
better at times, unless you're managing a headless server. Then it's the 
brass knucks.  :) Ric



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