Installing deepOfix on debian squeeze¶

Presumption:

1. If you are not logged in as root, if not login as root or type sudo bash or su root-
2. You have access to deepofix CDROM and it is either in the CDROM tray or you can mount the CDROM image on loopback.

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Steps to install deepOfix on debian squeeze

1. mount the cdrom (it is assumed to be in /media/cdrom0/).
2. Add the following code snippet from the bash shell
   

           APT_FILE="/etc/apt/apt.conf" 
           if [ ! -f  $APT_FILE ]
           then   
                   echo "Acquire::cdrom::AutoDetect \"false\";" >> $APT_FILE
   
           else   
                   # see if the line exists in file, if it does replace
                   if [ `grep "Acquire::cdrom::AutoDetect .*" $APT_FILE | wc -l` -ge 1 ]
                   then   
                           sed -i 's/Acquire::cdrom::AutoDetect.*/Acquire::cdrom::AutoDetect "false";/' $APT_FILE
                   else
                   ## the file exists but line does not, so append to file
                           echo "Acquire::cdrom::AutoDetect \"false\";" >> $APT_FILE
                   fi
           fi
   

3. dpkg -i /media/cdrom0/deepofix/deepofix-packages/deepofix-archive-keyring_2007.12.31_all.deb
4. apt-cdrom -m add
5. see if /bin/sh points to /bin/dash and make it point to /bin/bash
   

    if [[ `ls -l /bin/sh | cut -d " " -f 11 ` == "dash" || `ls -l /bin/sh | cut -d " " -f 11 ` == "/bin/dash" ]]; then rm /bin/sh;ln -s /bin/bash /bin/sh;echo "ALERT: replaced /bin/dash with /bin/bash as the symbolic link from /bin/sh"; fi
   

6. comment out any mirrors except the cdrom source of deepofix in /etc/apt/sources.list
7. do apt-get update
8. type export DEBIAN_FRONTEND="noninteractive"
9. type shadowconfig on
10. type apt-get install deepofix OR apt-get install deepofix-dovecot OR apt-get install deepofix-courier
11. Enjoy your deepOfix after installation.

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