facing problem, while installig postfix mail server

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  1. maqsood22

    maqsood22 New Member

    I want to install Postfix mail server on my 12.10 Ubuntu server I'm unable to receive same output as given below. I'm following instructions given at link at "http://www.howtoforge.com"

    """
    root@server1:/usr/src# ls -l
    total 6928
    drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Oct 19 12:56 linux-headers-3.5.0-17
    drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Oct 19 12:56 linux-headers-3.5.0-17-generic
    drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Nov 4 14:11 postfix-2.9.3
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3809 Nov 4 14:11 postfix_2.9.3-2ubuntu2_amd64.changes
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1510254 Nov 4 14:11 postfix_2.9.3-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 249645 Nov 4 14:10 postfix_2.9.3-2ubuntu2.diff.gz
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1599 Nov 4 14:10 postfix_2.9.3-2ubuntu2.dsc
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3760555 May 30 18:04 postfix_2.9.3.orig.tar.gz
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 47064 Nov 4 14:11 postfix-cdb_2.9.3-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 159634 Nov 4 14:11 postfix-dev_2.9.3-2ubuntu2_all.deb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1077006 Nov 4 14:11 postfix-doc_2.9.3-2ubuntu2_all.deb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55430 Nov 4 14:11 postfix-ldap_2.9.3-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48796 Nov 4 14:11 postfix-mysql_2.9.3-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48964 Nov 4 14:11 postfix-pcre_2.9.3-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 48978 Nov 4 14:11 postfix-pgsql_2.9.3-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55009 Apr 11 2012 postfix-vda-v11-2.9.1.patch
    root@server1:/usr/src#
    """
    I am receiving
    """
    root@lroms:/usr/src# ls -l
    total 3976
    drwxr-xr-x 24 root root 4096 Jan 25 06:51 linux-headers-3.5.0-22
    drwxr-xr-x 7 root root 4096 Jan 25 06:51 linux-headers-3.5.0-22-generic
    drwxr-xr-x 18 root root 4096 Jan 28 13:45 postfix-2.9.3
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 229715 Aug 19 20:04 postfix_2.9.3-2ubuntu2.diff.gz
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2137 Aug 19 20:04 postfix_2.9.3-2ubuntu2.dsc
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3760555 May 30 2012 postfix_2.9.3.orig.tar.gz
    -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 55009 Apr 11 2012 postfix-vda-v11-2.9.1.patch
    """

    That's why I am also unable to run this command

    """
    dpkg -i postfix_2.9.3-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb postfix-mysql_2.9.3-2ubuntu2_amd64.deb
    """


    Please guide me that what I should do, Waiting for your urgent reply.
     
  2. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    Please post the URL of the tutorial you used.

    The output looks as if you didn't rebuild Postfix.
     
  3. maqsood22

    maqsood22 New Member

  4. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    Did you see any error messages when you followed the tutorial?
     
  5. maqsood22

    maqsood22 New Member

    No, I didn't receive any error message, while following steps given in this tutorial. Till this step everything works fine.
     
  6. falko

    falko Super Moderator Howtoforge Staff

    Well, something must have gone wrong. Please start again from scratch.
     

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