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#1 (**permalink**) 05-10-2008, 01:58 PM

I am having trouble installing mailman.

When I do "sudo apt-get install mailman" .. it gets as far as
the language selection, and then loops.

I enter "en" (or nothing) where it belongs, save it, exit the
editor, or exit without saving, then it comes up with the same
screen again. Repeat forever. (until I kill -9 ...)

The system is rather old, with Etch, kept current. Everything
else has been working fine for a long time. It is set up as a
web and email server, with apache2, exim4, python 2.4.4, ....

I checked archives, google, etc.. and I didn't see any
reference to this problem.

ideas?

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#2 (**permalink**) 05-10-2008, 01:58 PM

> * From: al davis <ad20@freeelectron.net>
>When I do "sudo apt-get install mailman" .. it gets as far as
>the language selection, and then loops.
>ideas?

[naive idea] try changing the debconf interface: for example, from
dialog to text or whatever

[too heavvy idea] run the apt command under starce to debug what happens

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#3 (**permalink**) 05-10-2008, 01:58 PM

On Wed, May 07, 2008 at 09:04:52PM -0400, al davis wrote:
> I am having trouble installing mailman.
>
> When I do "sudo apt-get install mailman" .. it gets as far as
> the language selection, and then loops.
>
> I enter "en" (or nothing) where it belongs, save it, exit the
> editor, or exit without saving, then it comes up with the same
> screen again. Repeat forever. (until I kill -9 ...)
>
> The system is rather old, with Etch, kept current. Everything
> else has been working fine for a long time. It is set up as a
> web and email server, with apache2, exim4, python 2.4.4, ....
>
> I checked archives, google, etc.. and I didn't see any
> reference to this problem.

Did you also check bugs.debian.org?

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=339059

Seems to be related ...

Regards,
Andrei
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#4 (**permalink**) 05-12-2008, 09:08 AM

On Thursday 08 May 2008, NN_il_Confusionario wrote:
> > * * * From: al davis <ad20@freeelectron.net>
> >When I do "sudo apt-get install mailman" .. it gets as far
> > as the language selection, and then loops.
> >ideas?
>
> [naive idea] try changing the debconf interface: for example,
> from dialog to text or whatever

That got it to install. I changed it from editor to readline.

Although it installed, it still didn't work without lots of
fiddling. The README files told about some of it, but still, I
had to change some permissions in ways other than what was
documented. I did enough fiddling that I am not sure what I
did and what was really necessary.

I don't know why to took so much fiddling. Maybe there is too
much cruft on the machine. Maybe I missed something. Maybe I
messed up something a while back, and fiddled to work around
it.

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