On Thu, Apr 01, 2004 at 08:54:36PM +0200, simbo adeyemi wrote: > I am installed sqwebmail from source unto my freebsd 5.2 server. The > installation didnt seem too good as some key files seemed to be missing, i > couldnt even find a start-up script for sqwebmail.
Read the document INSTALL. It tells you, under the section "Modify your system startup script", where it is. For the record, what you need is: # /usr/local/share/sqwebmail/libexec/sqwebmail/sqwebmaild start # /usr/local/share/sqwebmail/libexec/authlib/authdaemond start (and follow the directions in INSTALL about cleancache.pl too) Or there's a worksheet here, where section 6 shows installation of sqwebmail from source: http://ws.edu.isoc.org/workshops/2004/CEDIA/presentaciones/bc/correo/courier.html [that's for Linux rather than FreeBSD, so replace "make" with "gmake"] > Anyway, i later discovered that sqwebmail was available for installation in > my ports collection. Now in Freebsd, it is normally advisable to install > packages from source. > Please how do i remove or de-install completely the sqwebmail i installed > from source? I want to do this before i reinstall from ports. rm -rf /usr/local/share/sqwebmail > And if anyone has any experience with sqwebmail on freebsd, would you know > if it's ok to continue with the one i installed from source? I never use the ports for courier-imap, sqwebmail, or exim - I always compile from source. This is because: (a) when a new release comes out, the ports take a while to be updated (b) bringing the ports collection up to date is always a pain, as it breaks dependencies and I don't want to have to recompile *everything* on my system (c) I always want to compile these packages with a different set of options than the ports provide anyway So I can assure you it works just fine to compile yourself from source. Regards, Brian.
