How To Install miltertest on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install miltertest on Debian 11. miltertest is utility for testing milter applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install miltertest on Debian 11.

What is miltertest

miltertest is:

The OpenDKIM Project is a community effort to develop and maintain a C library for producing DKIM-aware applications and an open source milter for providing DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) service.

This package contains the miltertest program, a utility that serves as a test driver for milter application tests. miltertest executes milter test scripts written in the Lua programming language.

There are three methods to install miltertest on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install miltertest Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install miltertest

Install miltertest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install miltertest

Install miltertest 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 miltertest using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install miltertest

How To Uninstall miltertest on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove miltertest

Uninstall miltertest And Its Dependencies

To uninstall miltertest and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove miltertest

Remove miltertest Configurations and Data

To remove miltertest configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge miltertest

Remove miltertest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge miltertest

Dependencies

miltertest have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install miltertest package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.