How To Install claws-mail-spamassassin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-spamassassin
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is claws-mail-spamassassin
claws-mail-spamassassin is:
This plugin for Claws Mail will filter all received email through a SpamAssassin daemon to decide if it is spam or not and process them accordingly.
There are three methods to install claws-mail-spamassassin
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install claws-mail-spamassassin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-spamassassin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail-spamassassin
Install claws-mail-spamassassin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-spamassassin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install claws-mail-spamassassin
Install claws-mail-spamassassin 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-spamassassin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-spamassassin
How To Uninstall claws-mail-spamassassin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the claws-mail-spamassassin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-spamassassin
Uninstall claws-mail-spamassassin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall claws-mail-spamassassin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove claws-mail-spamassassin
Remove claws-mail-spamassassin Configurations and Data
To remove claws-mail-spamassassin
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail-spamassassin
Remove claws-mail-spamassassin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove claws-mail-spamassassin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge claws-mail-spamassassin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-spamassassin
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.