Webmin is no longer found in Debian 'Testing'?

[akhran]

I'm using Debian 'Testing' but webmin does not seem to be available with 'aptitude search' (Anyone knows why?). Is there a way to install webmin without installing from source files?

Thanks !

[Vergil83]

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=343897

I guess not, unless you can find a .deb somewhere else

[jledhead]

couldn't you just add a stable repository to your sources.list file and install webmin.

Then thru webmin configuration upgrade it to the newest version. it seems like that is what I did

[pavlo_7]

tried to install Webmin on Debian and found that it fails when installing from webmin_1.320_all.deb file:

dpkg --install webmin_1.320_all.deb

would'n work because of dependency problems...
But I could still install it (on Linux debian 2.6.16-2-686) using webmin-1.320.tar.gz file:

tar xfz webmin-1.320.tar.gz
cd webmin-1.320
sh setup.sh

by accepting the defaults for the few questions asked during the setup and creating login password.

It installed Webmin just fine and I can login to it.

[craigevil]

From #debian irc:

from memory, webmin is a lame web-based interface for unsafe system administration for Unix. Check it out at http://webmin.com/security.html but, remember, dondelelcaro *hates* webmin. "i'd rather sit on the floor shoving table knives into live electrical outlets than run webmin on an exposed server." Obsoleted in debian: http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel.../msg00790.html

There is nothing you can do in webmin that you can't do just as easy by editing conf files.

[pavlo_7]

There is nothing you can do in webmin that you can't do just as easy by editing conf files.

It's true, especially if you are to create scripts, etc.. But, in general, webmin can save you time if you need something (single task) done right away, without much thinking, or looking for configuration files.

In my case, I am looking for PBX management software, and I found that there is a webmin module for it (not free though ..), so to test it, I need webmin.