How To Install libmilter-dev on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmilter-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmilter-dev package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
