Problem Description
When I started to install Postfix/Dovecot, I got a warning that exim4 packages would be removed. If I go ahead with this install, will it break anything? In particular, ejabberd is running (well!) on this freedombox.
Steps to Reproduce
Login to FreedomBox.
Go to Disabled Apps
Choose Postfix/Dovecot
Expected Results
No warning message.
Actual results
This warning:
“Conflicting Packages: Some packages installed on the system conflict with the installation of this app. The following packages will be removed if you proceed: exim4-base exim4-config exim4-daemon-light”
I guess that Exim4 provides the same functions like Postfix so only one of the two can be installed.
However, I wonder why you have Exim4 installed. Which apps did you install? Did you install anything not via plinth?
Ged296123 , your reasoning seems sound and I think I should probably go ahead and do it. But I was playing around in the cockpit terminal trying to see what would happen if postfix were installed.
sudo aptitude -s install postfix (-s means “simulate, but don’t do”, I just learned)
told me a few more packages were listed for removal, and following those packages back with “apt cache rdepends” revealed quite a few more packages. So I’m a little spooked. It’s hard being so ignorant and stupid!
For all I know, clicking INSTALL in plinth is not the same as typing apt install on the command line.
I have convinced quite a few Software-Freedom-indifferent people to communicate with me on this server, and they’re already put off by the inconvenience. If I wreck it now, who knows if they will come back when I put it right. So…I guess it’s time to learn how to do a proper backup!
That’s good to hear. If not too much trouble, would you kindly add [SOLVED] to the title of the thread so others who may come up with a similar question can find their way around.