How To Install dkim-rotate on Debian 12

Learn how to install dkim-rotate on Debian 12 with this tutorial. dkim-rotate is dkim-rotate - rotating and publishing DKIM email keys

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dkim-rotate on Debian 12.

What is dkim-rotate

dkim-rotate is:

Manages a rotating collection of DKIM mail signing keys, advertising them via the DNS, and revealing the private halves of old keys so as to avoid making email non-repudiable.

There are three methods to install dkim-rotate on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install dkim-rotate Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install dkim-rotate using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dkim-rotate

Install dkim-rotate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install dkim-rotate using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install dkim-rotate

Install dkim-rotate 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 dkim-rotate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dkim-rotate

How To Uninstall dkim-rotate on Debian 12

To uninstall only the dkim-rotate package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dkim-rotate

Uninstall dkim-rotate And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dkim-rotate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dkim-rotate

Remove dkim-rotate Configurations and Data

To remove dkim-rotate configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dkim-rotate

Remove dkim-rotate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dkim-rotate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dkim-rotate

Dependencies

dkim-rotate have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dkim-rotate package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.