How To Install libmilter-dev on Debian 10

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmilter-dev on Debian 10.

What is libmilter-dev

libmilter-dev is:

The Sendmail Mail Filter API (Milter) is designed to allow third-party programs access to mail messages as they are being processed in order to filter meta-information (headers) and content.

The Debian Sendmail package is built to support libmilter.

This is the libmilter static library and include files for development.

The documentation on building a Milter is in the sendmail-doc package.

There are three methods to install libmilter-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libmilter-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 libmilter-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmilter-dev

Install libmilter-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmilter-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmilter-dev

Install libmilter-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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libmilter-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmilter-dev

How To Uninstall libmilter-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libmilter-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmilter-dev

Uninstall libmilter-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmilter-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmilter-dev

Remove libmilter-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libmilter-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmilter-dev

Remove libmilter-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmilter-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmilter-dev

Dependencies

libmilter-dev have the following dependencies:

• libmilter1.0.1

References

• libmilter-dev website
• libmilter-dev on packages.debian.org

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmilter-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.