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dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of virtualmin-base:
virtualmin-base depends on dovecot-common; however:
Package dovecot-common is not configured yet.
virtualmin-base depends on dovecot-imapd; however:
Package dovecot-imapd is not configured yet.
virtualmin-base depends on dovecot-pop3d; however:
Package dovecot-pop3d is not configured yet.
dpkg: error processing virtualmin-base (–configure):
dependency problems - leaving unconfigured
Errors were encountered while processing:
dovecot-common
dovecot-imapd
dovecot-pop3d
virtualmin-base
The dovecot package can fail to install if “hostname -f” doesn’t return a valid name. Make sure that you have your hostname set to an FQDN such as “host.domain.tld”.
You can set that from the command line by running “hostname host.domain.tld”. Try setting your hostname, then run “hostname -f” to make sure that works… once it does, give the install another try.
The reason for this is that the hostname jmbolanos.com is not resolvable, i.e. no such domain name exists.
You should use an existing, externally resolvable hostname for your Virtualmin machine.
It is also possible to set up that domain on the Virtualmin host itself, directly through Webmin’s BIND module, and pointing the NS records at the registrar to your machine. In any case, the hostname you use for the VM machine must be resolvable.
Hi and thanks for the speedy reply. The solutions have worked and I now have Virtualmin running perfectly.
When I checked the hostname data it was very messy so I re-installed and the part that went wrong for me was during the installation.
When asked for the computer name to identify itself on the network I didn’t put the domain name originally. This led to the problems. So, putting jmb-webserver.com as the computer name worked as this is resolvable.