How To Install qmail-uids-gids on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qmail-uids-gids on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is qmail-uids-gids
qmail-uids-gids is:
This package is mandatory for building and running the qmail package.
Package: qmail-uids-gids Architecture: all Version: 1.06-6.1 Priority: extra Section: universe/mail Source: netqmail Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Gerrit Pape [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 47 Depends: passwd, adduser Filename: pool/universe/n/netqmail/qmail-uids-gids_1.06-6.1_all.deb Size: 6768 MD5sum: da7111f37dc0ae76b61463ba19854b16 SHA1: c5d0bfab1030e97d7ef76de4161fbc92340646a4 SHA256: 63b412096f8e41a0f43b2909da68e54e67f6ba26ad810998dcf3d7a39ca0dbe1 Description-en: user ids and group ids for qmail This package is mandatory for building and running the qmail package.
There are three methods to install qmail-uids-gids 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 qmail-uids-gids 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-uids-gids using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qmail-uids-gids
Install qmail-uids-gids Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qmail-uids-gids using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qmail-uids-gids
Install qmail-uids-gids 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 qmail-uids-gids using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qmail-uids-gids
How To Uninstall qmail-uids-gids on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the qmail-uids-gids package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qmail-uids-gids
Uninstall qmail-uids-gids And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qmail-uids-gids and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qmail-uids-gids
Remove qmail-uids-gids Configurations and Data
To remove qmail-uids-gids configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qmail-uids-gids
Remove qmail-uids-gids configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qmail-uids-gids configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qmail-uids-gids
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qmail-uids-gids package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.