How To Install libnginx-mod-mail on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-mail
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libnginx-mod-mail
libnginx-mod-mail is:
The nginx_mail module adds mail proxy support to nginx.
The module supports proxying all the standard mail protocols such as IMAP, POP3 & SMTP.
There are three methods to install libnginx-mod-mail
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 libnginx-mod-mail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libnginx-mod-mail
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnginx-mod-mail
Install libnginx-mod-mail Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnginx-mod-mail
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnginx-mod-mail
Install libnginx-mod-mail 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 libnginx-mod-mail
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnginx-mod-mail
How To Uninstall libnginx-mod-mail on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libnginx-mod-mail
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnginx-mod-mail
Uninstall libnginx-mod-mail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnginx-mod-mail
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnginx-mod-mail
Remove libnginx-mod-mail Configurations and Data
To remove libnginx-mod-mail
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnginx-mod-mail
Remove libnginx-mod-mail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnginx-mod-mail
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnginx-mod-mail
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnginx-mod-mail
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.