How To Install opendkim-tools on Debian 10

Learn how to install opendkim-tools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. opendkim-tools is Set of command line tools for OpenDKIM

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install opendkim-tools on Debian 10.

What is opendkim-tools

opendkim-tools is:

The OpenDKIM Project is a community effort to develop and maintain a C library for producing DKIM-aware applications and an open source milter for providing DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) service.

This package contains command line tools for the OpenDKIM mail filter (Milter). The following tools are included:

  • opendkim-genkey
  • miltertest
  • opendkim-stats
  • opendkim-genzone
  • opendkim-spam
  • opendkim-testkey
  • opendkim-atpszone
  • opendkim-convert-keylist
  • opendkim-testmsg

There are three methods to install opendkim-tools 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 opendkim-tools Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install opendkim-tools

Install opendkim-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install opendkim-tools

Install opendkim-tools 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 opendkim-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install opendkim-tools

How To Uninstall opendkim-tools on Debian 10

To uninstall only the opendkim-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove opendkim-tools

Uninstall opendkim-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall opendkim-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove opendkim-tools

Remove opendkim-tools Configurations and Data

To remove opendkim-tools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge opendkim-tools

Remove opendkim-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opendkim-tools

Dependencies

opendkim-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install opendkim-tools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.