How To Install clamsmtp on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamsmtp on Debian 9.
What is clamsmtp
clamsmtp is:
ClamSMTP is an SMTP proxy daemon that checks for viruses using the ClamAV anti-virus software. It can act as a traditional SMTP proxy with publicly accessible ports or as a transparent proxy, where SMTP traffic is redirected to the ClamSMTP by your router.
ClamSMTP aims to be lightweight, reliable, and simple rather than have a myriad of options. It is written in C without major dependencies. ClamSMTP does not do general spam filtering, it only scans for viruses.
You do not need a local mail-transport-agent installed, since this server can forward to a remote one.
There are three methods to install clamsmtp 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 clamsmtp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install clamsmtp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install clamsmtp
Install clamsmtp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install clamsmtp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install clamsmtp
Install clamsmtp 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 clamsmtp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install clamsmtp
How To Uninstall clamsmtp on Debian 9
To uninstall only the clamsmtp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove clamsmtp
Uninstall clamsmtp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall clamsmtp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove clamsmtp
Remove clamsmtp Configurations and Data
To remove clamsmtp configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge clamsmtp
Remove clamsmtp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove clamsmtp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge clamsmtp
Dependencies
clamsmtp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install clamsmtp package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.