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I have Ubuntu and I want to setup a mailserver.
I use fetchmail to fetch mail But I wanted to configure fetchmail with fetchmailconf. I know, I can edit the configfile, but I wanted to use fetchmailconf. According to the man of fetchmail, fetchmailconf is very handy.
In synaptic, I installed fetchmail 6.3.2.2Ubuntu2.3 and I wanted to install fetchmailconf 6.3.2.2Ubuntu2 : well it didnt work
fetchmailconf 6.3.2.2Ubuntu2 needs fetchmail 6.3.2.2Ubuntu2. So, no worries: I searched the internet for fetchmailconf 6.3.2.2Ubuntu2.3, but I couldn't find any. Same with fetchmail6.3.2.2Ubuntu2
First of all, I want to flame synaptic for supplying 2 different versions for 2 pieces of software that only work with eachother.
Seond: where can I find 2 matching versions? Or fix synaptic or maybe someone has a really cool sollution?
Personally why anyone would use a graphical interface for a simple tool like fetchmail is beyond me but each to their own... anyway why not just uninstall whatever you have installed for fetchmail and follow this for a fresh installation:
I like synaptic I can search if a packagde exists. And I can see what I do.
Code:
sudo apt-get install fetchmail
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
fetchmail is already the newest version.
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded.
Code:
sudo apt-get install fetchmailconf
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
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.
Since you only requested a single operation it is extremely likely that
the package is simply not installable and a bug report against
that package should be filed.
The following information may help to resolve the situation:
The following packages have unmet dependencies:
fetchmailconf: Depends: fetchmail (= 6.3.2-2ubuntu2) but 6.3.2-2ubuntu2.3 is to be installed
E: Broken packages
Like I said: fetchmail = 6.3.2-2ubuntu2 but fetchmailconf = 6.3.2-2ubuntu2.3
Last edited by engelienart; 08-17-2010 at 03:01 AM.
deb-src http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
## Major bug fix updates produced after the final release of the
## distribution.
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
deb-src http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-updates main restricted
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'universe'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository is ENTIRELY UNSUPPORTED by the Ubuntu
## team, and may not be under a free licence. Please satisfy yourself as to
## your rights to use the software. Also, please note that software in
## universe WILL NOT receive any review or updates from the Ubuntu security
## team. deb http://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe main restricted multiverse
# deb-src http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper universe
## Uncomment the following two lines to add software from the 'backports'
## repository.
## N.B. software from this repository may not have been tested as
## extensively as that contained in the main release, although it includes
## newer versions of some applications which may provide useful features.
## Also, please note that software in backports WILL NOT receive any review
## or updates from the Ubuntu security team.
# deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
# deb-src http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security main restricted
# deb http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
# deb-src http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu dapper-security universe
This is /etc/apt/sources.list
Thanx for your time so far
Last edited by engelienart; 08-18-2010 at 08:43 AM.
At first glance your sources.list looks reasonably sane to me... if we traveled 4 years
back in time. On closer inspection it looks like you may be missing a line like:
Code:
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
Anyway, I strongly suggest to upgrade your system.
If you don't plan to upgrade your system it would be useful if you could post the output of t he following command.
4 years back in time? Back to the future! I edited the /etc/apt/sourcelist
Update like in apt-get dist-upgrade? Ok, np
Quote:
Originally Posted by evo2
At first glance your sources.list looks reasonably sane to me... if we traveled 4 years
back in time. On closer inspection it looks like you may be missing a line like:
Code:
deb http://nl.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ dapper main restricted
Anyway, I strongly suggest to upgrade your system.
If you don't plan to upgrade your system it would be useful if you could post the output of t he following command.
So if I understand correctly, I should remove "archive.ubuntu.com dapper/main Packages" or "archive.ubuntu.com dapper/universe Packages" from my source.list?
This turns out to be more then just a fetchmail/fetchmailconf problem Still wanna help me?
It seems that the problem is that fetchmailconf is from the universe repository which as I understand it, means that it is not actually an official ubuntu package. So it seems that fetchmail was upgraded but the third party (universe) fetchmailconf package was not. So, normally the thing to do would be to file a bug report against fetchmailconf, however there is almost zero chance it will be fixed given that the distro is no longer maintained.
So I think you should either do without fetchmailconf or perform a long overdue upgrade of the system.
Cheers,
Evo2.
PS. It seems that my suggested addition to your sources.list was wrong and should be removed (it cause the new error message).
oops, I already did a dist-upgrade.
Is that bad? Linux still runs, even after a restart, but I am a bit worried now.
Furthermore, fetchmailconf works. Well, it must be started in x hehehe.
So you suspect your first suggestion was wrong. I will look for the new repositories on the internet. Thanx for your advice. Your explanation of the repository is very good. I understand the problem. Thanx alot.
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But I wanted to configure fetchmail with fetchmailconf. I know, I can edit the configfile, but I wanted to use fetchmailconf. According to the man of fetchmail, fetchmailconf is very handy.
