How To Install dot-forward on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dot-forward
on Debian 11.
What is dot-forward
dot-forward is:
It runs in the qmail startup script to support all your existing .forward files automatically. Individual users can switch to the .qmail mechanism at their leisure.
dot-forward supports forwarding, program deliveries, and comments. It does not support file deliveries or :include: (However, it recognizes file delivery attempts, and defers delivery to give you a chance to set up a .qmail file).
There are three methods to install dot-forward
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 dot-forward Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dot-forward
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dot-forward
Install dot-forward Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dot-forward
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dot-forward
Install dot-forward 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 dot-forward
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dot-forward
How To Uninstall dot-forward on Debian 11
To uninstall only the dot-forward
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dot-forward
Uninstall dot-forward And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dot-forward
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dot-forward
Remove dot-forward Configurations and Data
To remove dot-forward
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dot-forward
Remove dot-forward configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dot-forward
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dot-forward
Dependencies
dot-forward have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dot-forward
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.