How To Install librbl1 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install librbl1 on Ubuntu 18.04. librbl1 is Library to support a DKIM based RBL system

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install librbl1 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is librbl1

librbl1 is:

The OpenDKIM Project is a community effort to develop and maintain a C library for producing DKIM-aware applications and an open source milter for providing DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) service.

This package provides library for implementing OpenDKIM’s RBL system.

There are three methods to install librbl1 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 librbl1 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install librbl1 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install librbl1

Install librbl1 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install librbl1 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install librbl1

Install librbl1 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 librbl1 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install librbl1

How To Uninstall librbl1 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the librbl1 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove librbl1

Uninstall librbl1 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall librbl1 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove librbl1

Remove librbl1 Configurations and Data

To remove librbl1 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge librbl1

Remove librbl1 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove librbl1 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge librbl1

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install librbl1 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.