How To Install smtpprox on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install smtpprox on Debian 9. smtpprox is simple efficient SMTP proxy in perl

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install smtpprox on Debian 9.

What is smtpprox

smtpprox is:

smtpprox is a trivial transparent SMTP proxy, an SMTP server and client combination.

The SMTP server writes the incoming message to a temporary file, which the SMTP client reads as the message to send. SMTP commands and replies are relayed without change for the most part.

For efficiency reasons, it pre-forks and serves from a pool of servers, Apache-style.

There are three methods to install smtpprox on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install smtpprox Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install smtpprox

Install smtpprox Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install smtpprox using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install smtpprox

Install smtpprox 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 smtpprox using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install smtpprox

How To Uninstall smtpprox on Debian 9

To uninstall only the smtpprox package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove smtpprox

Uninstall smtpprox And Its Dependencies

To uninstall smtpprox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove smtpprox

Remove smtpprox Configurations and Data

To remove smtpprox configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge smtpprox

Remove smtpprox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smtpprox

Dependencies

smtpprox have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install smtpprox package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.