[Ilugc] dpkg returned an error code

  • From: asir.linux@xxxxxxxxx (rmariya sagaya asirvatham)
  • Date: Fri, 6 Jul 2012 13:57:20 +0530

On Thu, Jul 5, 2012 at 2:25 PM, Shrinivasan T <tshrinivasan at gmail.com>wrote:

Setting up ssmtp (2.64-5) ...
hostname: Name or service not known
dpkg: error processing ssmtp (--configure):


run the command  'hostname' in the terminal and share us the output.

If it returns nothing, setup a hostname for your machine and install
the software again.

Check the links for setting up a hostname

http://www.ducea.com/2006/08/07/how-to-change-the-hostname-of-a-linux-system/
http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/2732/ubuntu_how_to_change_computer_name/

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Regards,
T.Shrinivasan


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Thanks to all

I fixed this issue

The issue is in th system hostname

with thanks
Asir

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