1 Topic by yakatz

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Topic: Installing without changing currently installed programs

- iRedMail 0.8.1 MySQL
- Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (x86)

I have several programs installed through apt that the iRedMail setup script wants to remove:
Apache 2.2 ITK MPM (allows each vhost to run as a specified user/group)
MariaDB 5.5 (client and server)
PHP-MySQLND

I already have web sites set up on the server that are using these applications.

The packages iRedMail is trying to replace do satisfy the requirements:
The ITK MPM is based on the Prefork MPM with added security
MariaDB is binary compatible with MySQL, but with added features
PHP-MySQLND is a replacement for libmysql

Sorry if this is already addressed somewhere. I could not find it.
Thanks.

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2 Reply by ZhangHuangbin

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Re: Installing without changing currently installed programs

Sorry, iRedMail cannot support this kind of installation very well. As mentioned in iRedMail installation guide:

iRedMail installation guide wrote:

WARNING: iRedMail is designed to be deployed on a FRESH server system, which means your server does NOT have mail related components installed, e.g. MySQL, OpenLDAP, Postfix, Dovecot, Amavisd, etc. Otherwise it may override your existing files/configurations althought it will backup files before modifing, and it may be not working as expected.

So, it's strongly recommended to install iRedMail on a FRESH server OS.