How To Install libsendmail-pmilter-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsendmail-pmilter-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libsendmail-pmilter-perl
libsendmail-pmilter-perl is:
PMilter is an attempt to reimplement Sendmail’s milter (mail filter) protocol in pure Perl. There are many reasons for this, including independence from Sendmail’s libmilter, as well as freedom from POSIX threads (helps stability for Perl filters), etc.
Most of PMilter’s Sendmail::Milter interface is a clone of the frontend functions in PMilter::Server. However, this compatibility package also includes some methods specific to the Sendmail MTA, which are deliberately not included in PMilter::Server.
There are three methods to install libsendmail-pmilter-perl
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libsendmail-pmilter-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libsendmail-pmilter-perl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libsendmail-pmilter-perl
Install libsendmail-pmilter-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libsendmail-pmilter-perl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libsendmail-pmilter-perl
Install libsendmail-pmilter-perl 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 libsendmail-pmilter-perl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libsendmail-pmilter-perl
How To Uninstall libsendmail-pmilter-perl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libsendmail-pmilter-perl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libsendmail-pmilter-perl
Uninstall libsendmail-pmilter-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libsendmail-pmilter-perl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsendmail-pmilter-perl
Remove libsendmail-pmilter-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libsendmail-pmilter-perl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libsendmail-pmilter-perl
Remove libsendmail-pmilter-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libsendmail-pmilter-perl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsendmail-pmilter-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libsendmail-pmilter-perl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.