How To Install bsfilter on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsfilter on Debian 9.
What is bsfilter
bsfilter is:
Bsfilter is a spam filter which can distinguish spam mail from other mails. It can read mails by three way:
- reads from normal file or stdin.
- retrieves and stores from IMAP server.
- reads from POP server and passes to POP client. (POP proxy) Bsfilter gives nice support of Japanese.
There are three methods to install bsfilter 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 bsfilter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bsfilter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bsfilter
Install bsfilter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bsfilter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bsfilter
Install bsfilter 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 bsfilter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bsfilter
How To Uninstall bsfilter on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bsfilter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bsfilter
Uninstall bsfilter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bsfilter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bsfilter
Remove bsfilter Configurations and Data
To remove bsfilter configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bsfilter
Remove bsfilter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bsfilter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bsfilter
Dependencies
bsfilter have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bsfilter package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.