[Kroupware] New install questions

[Stephan Buys]

Hi Bradley,

On Monday 02 February 2004 19:52, Bradley M Alexander wrote:
> I am about to attempt an install of kolab on my mail server at home. Its a
> Debian/sarge system, and I have some concerns/questions about the install.
>
> 1) According to the instructions, the source files are in .src.rpm format.
> Since Debian uses a .deb format, by default, you would have a separate
> rpm database. Given this, would it work/would it be prudent to use alien
> to convert these to debs before installing?
>
Kolab uses OpenPKG, which uses RPM internally. It wont affect your Debian
install in any way (it is self contained). I would recommend against using 
something like alien in this instance.

You can get the Debian 3 (I think this is Sarge?) binaries at www.zfos.org
and save yourself some trouble compiling if you are interested.

> 2) I already have an instance of postfix running on this box, however
> postfix is one of the packages that is required packages for kolab. What is
> the best order of events to change over to the kolab MTA, and does the
> kolab version of Postfix still use the config in /etc/postfix?

Nope as mentioned, Kolab is self-contained with its own package database.
You will find the postfix config for Kolab under /kolab/etc/postfix
You should edit the template files in /kolab/etc/kolab (main.cf.template and
master.cf.template) and then execute /kolab/etc/kolab/kolab -v -o to propogate
the config files.

>
> 3) Does the _entire_ kde need to be recompiled?
>
Not at all, just grab the kde-pim and kde-network packages and install them on 
your system.

> I just pluckered all of the documentation I could find (the QIMs and raw
> HOWTOs from CVS), the architecture, FAQ and technical from the web page,
> but in scanning over them, didn't see answers to these questions. If they
> are covered, I apologize for wasting time and bandwidth.
>
No problem, just shout if you have any more questions.


> TIA,

Regards,
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