apt-get install postfix on hardy fails

[_coda_]

Hello

(I have looked for a similar issue here but found nothing. :)

apt-get install postfix fails as follows:

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xxxx$ sudo apt-get install postfix
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Suggested packages:
postfix-cdb postfix-ldap postfix-mysql postfix-pcre postfix-pgsql resolvconf
The following packages will be REMOVED:
exim4 exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light
The following NEW packages will be installed:
postfix
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 4 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Need to get 0B/1160kB of archives.
After this operation, 991kB disk space will be freed.
Do you want to continue [Y/n]?
Preconfiguring packages ...
(Reading database ... 37338 files and directories currently installed.)
Removing exim4 ...
dpkg: exim4-base: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
exim4-daemon-light depends on exim4-base (>= 4.69).
Removing exim4-base ...
* Stopping MTA [ OK ]
Removing exim4-config ...
dpkg: exim4-daemon-light: dependency problems, but removing anyway as you request:
sensible-mda depends on sendmail-bin | mail-transport-agent; however:
Package sendmail-bin is not installed.
Package mail-transport-agent is not installed.
Package exim4-daemon-light which provides mail-transport-agent is to be removed.
mailx depends on exim4 | mail-transport-agent; however:
Package exim4 is not installed.
Package mail-transport-agent is not installed.
Package exim4-daemon-light which provides mail-transport-agent is to be removed.
Removing exim4-daemon-light ...
* Stopping MTA /sbin/start-stop-daemon: warning: failed to kill 26400: No such process
invoke-rc.d: initscript exim4, action "stop" failed.
dpkg: error processing exim4-daemon-light (--remove):
subprocess pre-removal script returned error exit status 3
Errors were encountered while processing:
exim4-daemon-light
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)
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I'm forced to use hardy by the host provider. I've recently installed a couple of intrepid servers with postfix with no problem.

I now have exim running as the MTA but I'd prefer to use postfix.

I have tried switching to some of the us ubuntu repositories (this server is in europe) but these don't even find a package for postfix on hardy!


Any clues?

thanks

[volkswagner]

From what I can see postfix is not the problem. You may need to purge the system of exim first. I appears Exim is not completely removed.

You should stop exim from running than remove it. I am not running exim, not sure of the exact command, try...


sudo killall exim


sudo aptitude purge exim

Then see if you have any remaining packages, they will be marked with an "i" for "installed".


sudo aptitude search exim

If there are still any packages, you may need to remove them manually.

Then try to install postfix.


sudo aptitude install postfix

[_coda_]

volkswagner,

Thanks. That seems to have done the trick.