Mark this was working, I thank you very much. I deleted (indeedly just renamed):
/var/lib/mailman /usr/lib/mailman /etc/mailman and after this I just could install mailman normally through aptitude. The links you gave me instructed me to import old lists to the new installation, which was easy enough. I want to thank you much. frank > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- > Von: Mark Sapiro [mailto:m...@msapiro.net] > Gesendet: Donnerstag, 24. Mai 2012 16:57 > An: Frank Walter; mailman-users@python.org > Betreff: Re: [Mailman-Users] Uninstall mailman manually > > Frank Walter wrote: > > >I installed mailman on Ubuntu 12.04 by Aptitude and copied an older version > >over it > because I wanted to keep mailing lists from another server. > > > You should have only copied the lists/LISTNAME/config.pck and the > archives/private/* files. See the FAQ at <http://wiki.list.org/x/2oA9> > > > >After this mailman didn't start anymore but in aptitude I couldn't uninstall > >it neither. > >Now I hope that I can uninstall it by deleting the two mailman folders and > >the config in > /etc/mailman - > >is this the right way? > > > I think that will work, but see the FAQ at > <http://wiki.list.org/x/OIDD>. > > -- > Mark Sapiro <m...@msapiro.net> The highway is for gamblers, > San Francisco Bay Area, California better use your sense - B. Dylan ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
