How To Install spamd on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spamd on Debian 12.
What is spamd
spamd is:
spamd is a daemonized spamassassin process. Intended to be used with the spamc client, the persistent nature of the spamd server allows it to avoid the overhead of instantiating the perl for each processed message.
There are three methods to install spamd on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install spamd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install spamd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install spamd
Install spamd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install spamd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install spamd
Install spamd 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 spamd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install spamd
How To Uninstall spamd on Debian 12
To uninstall only the spamd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove spamd
Uninstall spamd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall spamd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove spamd
Remove spamd Configurations and Data
To remove spamd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge spamd
Remove spamd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove spamd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spamd
Dependencies
spamd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spamd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
