vpopmail without mysql

merlin_nl · Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2002 1:32 am Post subject: vpopmail without mysql

Hi everyone,

First I would like to say that I like gentoo

I have been running FreeBSD 4.7p2 on my colocated server, but I had some problems with the hardware and decided to go with gentoo as I am already using gentoo @ home for my laptop and webserver.

Here is my problem...

I would like to know how I can emerge vpopmail :
- without the mysql
- in /usr/local/vpopmail

I have qmail, ezmlm-idx, qmailanalog, courier-imap (patched from this forum)

merlin_nl · Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2002 10:57 am Post subject: found it

overdosed portage # nano -w /etc/make.conf

change it to
USE="-X -qt -mysql"

emerge vpopmail
then remove the -mysql
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SpamMonkey · Posted: Wed Dec 25, 2002 11:35 am Post subject:

I think you have to be careful about playing with make.conf as by doing it that way when you upgrade vpopmail it'll probably try and download mysql.

just a thought..

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ledjon · n00b Joined: 13 Jun 2003 Posts: 16

You can just put USE="..." on the command line before 'emerge':

USE="-mysql" emerge vpopmail

As for the home directory, just create the user 'vpopmail' before you emerge vpopmail, setting the home directory to whatever you want. The ebuild script will check to see if vpopmail user exists, and if so, uses that home directory.

(Note, I'm replying to this thread, even though it is quite old, to help those who might be interested in the same thing; like I was)