How To Install exim4-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install exim4-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is exim4-dev
exim4-dev is:
Exim (v4) is a mail transport agent. This package contains header files that can be used to compile code that is then dynamically linked to exim’s local_scan interface.
The Debian exim4 packages have their own web page, http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4. There is also a Debian-specific FAQ list. Information about the way the Debian packages are configured can be found in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz, which additionally contains information about the way the Debian binary packages are built. The very extensive upstream documentation is shipped in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/spec.txt.gz. To repeat the debconf-driven configuration process in a standard setup, invoke dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config. There is a Debian-centered mailing list, [email protected]. Please ask Debian-specific questions there, and only write to the upstream exim-users mailing list if you are sure that your question is not Debian-specific. You can find the subscription web page on http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-exim4-users
Package: exim4-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 4.93-13ubuntu1 Priority: extra Section: mail Source: exim4 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Exim4 Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 151 Filename: pool/main/e/exim4/exim4-dev_4.93-13ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 22956 MD5sum: 1ed6de2e2a2592ad7dc588ad95f2ac6b SHA1: c03c2092022ab93fd9e693f73553ef716dd01758 SHA256: ed2cba69d2c1ae5dddf02106a241e037dbd581f81f097eba013c0efe8c50340c Homepage: https://www.exim.org/ Description-en: header files for the Exim MTA (v4) packages Exim (v4) is a mail transport agent. This package contains header files that can be used to compile code that is then dynamically linked to exim’s local_scan interface.
The Debian exim4 packages have their own web page, http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4. There is also a Debian-specific FAQ list. Information about the way the Debian packages are configured can be found in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz, which additionally contains information about the way the Debian binary packages are built. The very extensive upstream documentation is shipped in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/spec.txt.gz. To repeat the debconf-driven configuration process in a standard setup, invoke dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config. There is a Debian-centered mailing list, [email protected]. Please ask Debian-specific questions there, and only write to the upstream exim-users mailing list if you are sure that your question is not Debian-specific. You can find the subscription web page on http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-exim4-users
There are three methods to install exim4-dev on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install exim4-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install exim4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install exim4-dev
Install exim4-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install exim4-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install exim4-dev
Install exim4-dev 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install exim4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install exim4-dev
How To Uninstall exim4-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the exim4-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove exim4-dev
Uninstall exim4-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall exim4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove exim4-dev
Remove exim4-dev Configurations and Data
To remove exim4-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge exim4-dev
Remove exim4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove exim4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exim4-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install exim4-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
