Ubuntu 6.06 LTS + Postfix :(

wh33t · 11-07-2007, 01:25 PM

Greetings Community,

I'm sorry to bring another Ubuntu server question into these forums. I would keep my Ubuntu related questions in the UbuntuForums (www.ubuntu.com) but that community over there doesn't seem to have the experience this community does.

:: My Goal ::

To have my Ubuntu server send out mail from a php script.

:: Secondary Goals ::

To not have my server be used as a relay
Do as much of this as possible over Webmin (which is already set up)

:: Problem ::

I have tried both,
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Postfix
http://www.howtoforge.com/perfect_setup_ubuntu_6.06_p5

And I can't even seem to get my foot in the door. Here is what I get...

Code:

root@server:~# apt-get install postfix libsasl2 sasl2-bin libsasl2-modules libdb3-util procmail                                              Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
libsasl2 is already the newest version.
libsasl2-modules is already the newest version.
procmail is already the newest version.
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:
  exim4-base: Depends: exim4-config (>= 4.30) but it is not going to be installed or
                       exim4-config-2
E: Broken packages
root@server:~#

Can someone please tell me wtf is going on here? I really thought apt-get was supposed to be magical and here I am fighting with it non stop. Help Please! I needed this server to be sending out mail a few weeks ago.

restless · 11-07-2007, 03:29 PM

it seems that your exim4 package is broken, try to reinstall it by force and after that you can remove it if you want, that's up to you. Setting up a mailserver isn't that hard, but keep in mind that you need to have a DNS server running with an appropiate MX record. After the installation of postfix you can try to do a 'sudo dpkg-reconfigure postfix' to get your postfix configured properly, you can manually edit the /etc/postfix/main.cf and master.cf too though. But I think it's best to get your packages thing solved and then search for a tutorial on google. Don't know much about webmin, though debian removed that package from it's list?

wh33t · 11-07-2007, 03:32 PM

I installed Webmin myself. I do have a fully functioning DNS server. But all i want to do is just send emails out. I don't ever plan to receive an email through this machine.

How do I force the installation of Exim?

restless · 11-07-2007, 04:25 PM

sudo apt-get -f install I believe it is

wh33t · 11-07-2007, 04:31 PM

I removed exim, and forced a reinstall, same error message.

I hate linux sometimes.

What specifically does this mean:

Code:

  exim4-base: Depends: exim4-config (>= 4.30) but it is not going to be installed or
                       exim4-config-2