How To Install mailman3-web on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailman3-web on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mailman3-web
mailman3-web is:
This django web application provides the Mailman3 Postorius web interface and the HyperKitty mailinglist archiver integrated into one project.
The package automates most of the necessary configuration for the Django project (database setup, webserver configuration, secret and API key generation, Django project configuration) to get a ready-to-use Mailman3 web suite.
The Mailman3 Django project runs as uWSGI daemon and optionally a webserver is configured as reverse proxy. In this case, the service can be accessed at ‘/mailman3’.
Default database backend is SQLite3 in order to not break automated installations. For productive setups, PostgreSQL or MySQL are much better options though. See README.Debian for further information.
There are three methods to install mailman3-web 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 mailman3-web Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mailman3-web using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mailman3-web
Install mailman3-web Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mailman3-web using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mailman3-web
Install mailman3-web 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 mailman3-web using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mailman3-web
How To Uninstall mailman3-web on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mailman3-web package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mailman3-web
Uninstall mailman3-web And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mailman3-web and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailman3-web
Remove mailman3-web Configurations and Data
To remove mailman3-web configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mailman3-web
Remove mailman3-web configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mailman3-web configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailman3-web
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailman3-web package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
