I have a slight problem. I installed qmail and since I couldn't get it to
work the way I wanted it to I need to remove it. Normally it would't be
any problem but where did it put all the files? It seems spred all over
the disc. I have always used sendmail before and that is easier to get
working than qmail.

micke

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In alt.os.linux.slackware, Mike dared to utter,
> I installed qmail and since I couldn't get it to
> work the way I wanted it to I need to remove it.

Ain't qmail a bitch like that?

Basically you just need to know exactly which files are created by your
qmail installation. I hope this isn't a machine you're particularly
fond of, because you could loose some data here. You should always have
backups. Nevermind, onto the ideas.

The only sure fire way I know of to ensure you eliminate all those
pesky files (and no other files), is to install qmail again from the
same source code tree (you do still have that don't you?) in a chroot
environment. You can then check and see what it puts there, and
eliminate one-by-one.

Otherwise, you've got a lengthy process of checking the root and var
partitions to make sure you got it all removed. Basically just delete
everything that looks out of place. As I recall qmail pretty much puts
everything in directories directly under root, and makes a single
/var/gmail directory under /var. It's been so long since I've managed
qmail though, I can't be entirely sure.

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It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
Ecclesiastes 7:5
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Alan Hicks <alan@lizella.network> wrote:
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> In alt.os.linux.slackware, Mike dared to utter,
> > I installed qmail and since I couldn't get it to
> > work the way I wanted it to I need to remove it.

> Ain't qmail a bitch like that?

> Basically you just need to know exactly which files are created by your
> qmail installation. I hope this isn't a machine you're particularly
> fond of, because you could loose some data here. You should always have
> backups. Nevermind, onto the ideas.

> The only sure fire way I know of to ensure you eliminate all those
> pesky files (and no other files), is to install qmail again from the
> same source code tree (you do still have that don't you?) in a chroot
> environment. You can then check and see what it puts there, and
> eliminate one-by-one.

> Otherwise, you've got a lengthy process of checking the root and var
> partitions to make sure you got it all removed. Basically just delete
> everything that looks out of place. As I recall qmail pretty much puts
> everything in directories directly under root, and makes a single
> /var/gmail directory under /var. It's been so long since I've managed
> qmail though, I can't be entirely sure.

> - --
> It is better to hear the rebuke of the wise,
> Than for a man to hear the song of fools.
> Ecclesiastes 7:5
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On Mon, 21 Jun 2004 19:20:51 -0500, Alan Hicks wrote:
> In alt.os.linux.slackware, Mike dared to utter,
>> I installed qmail and since I couldn't get it to
>> work the way I wanted it to I need to remove it.
>
> The only sure fire way I know of to ensure you eliminate all those
> pesky files (and no other files), is to install qmail again from the
> same source code tree (you do still have that don't you?) in a chroot
> environment. You can then check and see what it puts there, and
> eliminate one-by-one.

That's the hard way. The easy way is to install checkinstall (look in
"extra" for your Slackware version) and in the qmail source tree, do
checkinstall make setup # answer the questions
followed by "removepkg qmail".

If you have deleted the qmail source tree, don't worry, just grab the
old tarball, untar it, and proceed as above.

> everything that looks out of place. As I recall qmail pretty much puts
> everything in directories directly under root, and makes a single
> /var/gmail directory under /var. It's been so long since I've managed

qmail itself doesn't put things in the root directory; the dreaded
daemontools does that. I think qmail's "make setup" only puts things in
/var/qmail. If it had been /opt/qmail perhaps I could tolerate it
better.
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Thanks for your tips!

Well atleast I learned one lesson.
NEVER install qmail and daemontools again. :-)

Mike

/dev/rob0 wrote:
>
> That's the hard way. The easy way is to install checkinstall (look in
> "extra" for your Slackware version) and in the qmail source tree, do
> checkinstall make setup # answer the questions
> followed by "removepkg qmail".
>
I second this suggestion. checkinstall should be installed on every
Slackware box.

jamess