How To Install fusionforge-mta-postfix on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install fusionforge-mta-postfix on Ubuntu 18.04. fusionforge-mta-postfix is collaborative development tool - mail tools (using Postfix)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fusionforge-mta-postfix on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is fusionforge-mta-postfix

fusionforge-mta-postfix is:

FusionForge provides many tools to aid collaboration in a development project, such as bug-tracking, task management, mailing-lists, SCM repository, forums, support request helper, web/FTP hosting, release management, etc. All these services are integrated into one web site and managed through a web interface.

This package configures the Postfix mail transfer agent to run FusionForge.

There are three methods to install fusionforge-mta-postfix on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install fusionforge-mta-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 fusionforge-mta-postfix using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install fusionforge-mta-postfix

Install fusionforge-mta-postfix Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fusionforge-mta-postfix using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fusionforge-mta-postfix

Install fusionforge-mta-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install fusionforge-mta-postfix using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fusionforge-mta-postfix

How To Uninstall fusionforge-mta-postfix on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the fusionforge-mta-postfix package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fusionforge-mta-postfix

Uninstall fusionforge-mta-postfix And Its Dependencies

To uninstall fusionforge-mta-postfix and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fusionforge-mta-postfix

Remove fusionforge-mta-postfix Configurations and Data

To remove fusionforge-mta-postfix configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fusionforge-mta-postfix

Remove fusionforge-mta-postfix configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove fusionforge-mta-postfix configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fusionforge-mta-postfix

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install fusionforge-mta-postfix package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.