On (28/06/05 08:37), John Burton wrote: > I've badly mesed up my email on my debian server. > I've broken some of the config files and I'm not sure what any more and > deleted a lot of things in a bad attempt to fix it. > > Now I just want to remove it and reinstall exim4 and all of it's related > software. > apt-get complains it's already installed but I want to just reinstall > and overwrite ALL of the configuration and everything with the default > options as it it was just a fresh install. $ sudo aptitude update $ sudo aptitude install postfix $ sudo aptitude remove exim4 $ sudo aptitude purge exim4
$ sudo updatedb $ locate exim4 | grep conf remove all residual exim4 conf files manually $ sudo updatedb $ locate exim4 remove anything else that looks a problem when 'clean' $ sudo aptitude install exim4 $ sudo aptitude remove postfix $ sudo aptitude purge postfix YMMV Regards Clive -- www.clivemenzies.co.uk ... ...strategies for business -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]