How To Install libesmtp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libesmtp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libesmtp-dev
libesmtp-dev is:
LibESMTP is a library to manage posting (or submission of) electronic mail using SMTP to a preconfigured Mail Transport Agent (MTA) such as Exim. It may be used as part of a Mail User Agent (MUA) or another program that must be able to post electronic mail but where mail functionality is not the program’s primary purpose.
This package contains the header files and the static version of the library.
There are three methods to install libesmtp-dev 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 libesmtp-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libesmtp-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libesmtp-dev
Install libesmtp-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libesmtp-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libesmtp-dev
Install libesmtp-dev 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 libesmtp-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libesmtp-dev
How To Uninstall libesmtp-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libesmtp-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libesmtp-dev
Uninstall libesmtp-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libesmtp-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libesmtp-dev
Remove libesmtp-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libesmtp-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libesmtp-dev
Remove libesmtp-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libesmtp-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libesmtp-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libesmtp-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
