How To Install gross on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gross on Debian 12.
What is gross
gross is:
Gross is a resource efficient greylist server written in C that supports greylisting and/or blocking based on DNSRBL so it will not impact legitimate mails
It also contains a milter implementation and natively supports Postfix, Exim and Sendmail.
There are three methods to install gross 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 gross Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gross using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gross
Install gross Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gross using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gross
Install gross 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 gross using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gross
How To Uninstall gross on Debian 12
To uninstall only the gross package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gross
Uninstall gross And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gross and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gross
Remove gross Configurations and Data
To remove gross configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gross
Remove gross configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gross configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gross
Dependencies
gross have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gross package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.