How To Install bld-postfix on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bld-postfix on Debian 10.
What is bld-postfix
bld-postfix is:
BLD stands for “black list daemon” and is intended to build blacklists using simple rules based on a maximum number of submissions of the same IP address during a minimum time interval. BLD was primarily designed to fight against dictionary-based spams (by making the MTA report to BLD any host that tries to send a mail to an unknown user) but can be used by any application that needs a blacklist based on connection rate limits.
This package contains the tools dedicated to Postfix.
There are three methods to install bld-postfix on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install bld-postfix Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bld-postfix using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bld-postfix
Install bld-postfix Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bld-postfix using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bld-postfix
Install bld-postfix Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install bld-postfix using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bld-postfix
How To Uninstall bld-postfix on Debian 10
To uninstall only the bld-postfix package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bld-postfix
Uninstall bld-postfix And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bld-postfix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bld-postfix
Remove bld-postfix Configurations and Data
To remove bld-postfix configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bld-postfix
Remove bld-postfix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bld-postfix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bld-postfix
Dependencies
bld-postfix have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bld-postfix package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.