[gentoo-user] Postfix Install

[Gentoo]

Hi,

Iam new to gentoo.  A friends uses it and suggested I get it a try.  I am 
very new to gentoo so any help or pointers towards doc would be great.  I 
have tried to install postfix with  emerge postfix and get the following 
error.

Calculating dependencies ...done!

!!! Error: the mail-mta/ssmtp package conflicts with another package.
!!!both can't be installed on the same system together.
!!!Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine blockers.

with emerge --pretend postfix I get the following

These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

Calculating dependencies ...done!
[blocks B ] mail-mta/ssmtp (is blocking mail-mta/postfix-2.2.5)
[ebuild  N] dev-libs/libpcre-6.3
[ebuild  N] mail-mta/postfix-2.2.5

So does this mean I have to install dev-libs/libpcre-6.3?

Thanks for your help.


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Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix Install

[Jean Magnan de Bornier]

Le 10 décembre à 18:49:31 Gentoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] écrit notamment:

| Hi,

| Iam new to gentoo.  A friends uses it and suggested I get it a try.  I am 
| very new to gentoo so any help or pointers towards doc would be great.  I 
| have tried to install postfix with  emerge postfix and get the following 
| error.

| Calculating dependencies ...done!

| !!! Error: the mail-mta/ssmtp package conflicts with another package.
| !!!both can't be installed on the same system together.
| !!!Please use 'emerge --pretend' to determine blockers.

| with emerge --pretend postfix I get the following

| These are the packages that I would merge, in order:

| Calculating dependencies ...done!
| [blocks B ] mail-mta/ssmtp (is blocking mail-mta/postfix-2.2.5)
| [ebuild  N] dev-libs/libpcre-6.3
| [ebuild  N] mail-mta/postfix-2.2.5

| So does this mean I have to install dev-libs/libpcre-6.3?

| Thanks for your help.

emerge -C ssmtp  emerge postfix

This is because you need only one smtp server. As for libpcre it will be
installed by portage, don't worry

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Re: [gentoo-user] Postfix Install

[Markus Ullmann]

Gentoo wrote:
 Calculating dependencies ...done!
 [blocks B ] mail-mta/ssmtp (is blocking mail-mta/postfix-2.2.5)
 [ebuild  N] dev-libs/libpcre-6.3
 [ebuild  N] mail-mta/postfix-2.2.5

You have to unmerge ssmtp first with emerge unmerge ssmtp as that
package blocks the one you want (in this case it is postfix).

Then emerge postfix and it will work just fine.

Greets
Markus
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