How To Install qmail-run on Debian 10

Learn how to install qmail-run on Debian 10 with this tutorial. qmail-run is sets up qmail as mail-transfer-agent

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qmail-run on Debian 10.

What is qmail-run

qmail-run is:

This package sets up the Debian qmail package as mail-transfer-agent. It follows the most commonly used public documentation http://www.lifewithqmail.org/ almost completely.

See /usr/share/doc/qmail-run/README.Debian for details.

There are three methods to install qmail-run 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 qmail-run Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install qmail-run

Install qmail-run Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install qmail-run

Install qmail-run 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 qmail-run using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qmail-run

How To Uninstall qmail-run on Debian 10

To uninstall only the qmail-run package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qmail-run

Uninstall qmail-run And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qmail-run

Remove qmail-run Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge qmail-run

Remove qmail-run configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qmail-run

Dependencies

qmail-run have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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