How To Install dkimpy-milter on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dkimpy-milter on Debian 12.
What is dkimpy-milter
dkimpy-milter is:
The dkimpy-milter is a Sendmail/Postfix Milter application that signs and verifies DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail). It supports both traditional RSA (RFC 6376) signatures and the new ed25519 based signatures defined in RFC 8463.
DKIM provides a way for senders to confirm their identity when sending email by adding a cryptographic signature to the headers of the message.
It uses the OpenDKIM configuration option naming and definitions, for the options it implements, to make it easy for OpenDKIM users to experiment with this alternative.
There are three methods to install dkimpy-milter on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dkimpy-milter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dkimpy-milter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dkimpy-milter
Install dkimpy-milter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dkimpy-milter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dkimpy-milter
Install dkimpy-milter 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 dkimpy-milter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dkimpy-milter
How To Uninstall dkimpy-milter on Debian 12
To uninstall only the dkimpy-milter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dkimpy-milter
Uninstall dkimpy-milter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dkimpy-milter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dkimpy-milter
Remove dkimpy-milter Configurations and Data
To remove dkimpy-milter configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dkimpy-milter
Remove dkimpy-milter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dkimpy-milter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dkimpy-milter
Dependencies
dkimpy-milter have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- adduser
- python3-authres
- python3-dkim
- python3-dnspython
- python3-milter
- python3-nacl
- python3-pkg-resources
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dkimpy-milter package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
