How To Install trac-spamfilter on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install trac-spamfilter on Debian 9.
What is trac-spamfilter
trac-spamfilter is:
This plugin attempts to reject contributions to Trac environments that contain spam. It can use the following techniques:
- Regular expressions
- Akismet web service
- IP throttling
- IP blacklisting (requires python-dnspython package)
- Bayesian filtering (requires spambayes package)
There are three methods to install trac-spamfilter 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 trac-spamfilter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install trac-spamfilter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install trac-spamfilter
Install trac-spamfilter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install trac-spamfilter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install trac-spamfilter
Install trac-spamfilter 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 trac-spamfilter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install trac-spamfilter
How To Uninstall trac-spamfilter on Debian 9
To uninstall only the trac-spamfilter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove trac-spamfilter
Uninstall trac-spamfilter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall trac-spamfilter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove trac-spamfilter
Remove trac-spamfilter Configurations and Data
To remove trac-spamfilter configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge trac-spamfilter
Remove trac-spamfilter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove trac-spamfilter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge trac-spamfilter
Dependencies
trac-spamfilter have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install trac-spamfilter package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
