How To Install filter on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install filter
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is filter
filter is:
filter is one of the original mail filtering programs written for UNIX. (originally a part of the ’elm’ mailer) Install it via a pipe(|) reference in $HOME/.forward, and let it separate your incoming email into different personal mailboxes.
There are three methods to install filter
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install filter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install filter
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install filter
Install filter Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install filter
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install filter
Install filter 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 filter
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install filter
How To Uninstall filter on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the filter
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove filter
Uninstall filter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall filter
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove filter
Remove filter Configurations and Data
To remove filter
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge filter
Remove filter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove filter
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge filter
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install filter
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.