These packages can be installed on top of the debian exim package All you need to do after the install is cd /usr/sbin/ mv exim exim3 ln -s ../lib/exim4/exim (this is quick and dirty, it doesn't use /etc/alternatives) Other exim binaries should be run as /usr/lib/exim4/binary This exim expects its config file in /etc/mail/exim4.conf