How To Install mailfromd-doc on Debian 12

Learn how to install mailfromd-doc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. mailfromd-doc is mailfromd documentation in several formats

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mailfromd-doc on Debian 12.

What is mailfromd-doc

mailfromd-doc is:

Mailfromd is a general-purpose mail filtering daemon for Sendmail, Postfix and MeTA1. It is able to filter both incoming and outgoing messages using criteria of arbitrary complexity, supplied by the administrator in the form of a script file. The daemon interfaces with the MTA using Milter or PMilter protocols.

This package contains the documentation as info, HTML, PDF, and plain text.

There are three methods to install mailfromd-doc on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mailfromd-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mailfromd-doc

Install mailfromd-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mailfromd-doc

Install mailfromd-doc 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 mailfromd-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mailfromd-doc

How To Uninstall mailfromd-doc on Debian 12

To uninstall only the mailfromd-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mailfromd-doc

Uninstall mailfromd-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mailfromd-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailfromd-doc

Remove mailfromd-doc Configurations and Data

To remove mailfromd-doc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mailfromd-doc

Remove mailfromd-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailfromd-doc

Dependencies

mailfromd-doc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mailfromd-doc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.