How To Install mysqmail-postfix-logger on Debian 10

Learn how to install mysqmail-postfix-logger on Debian 10 with this tutorial. mysqmail-postfix-logger is real-time logging system in MySQL - Postfix traffic-logger

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysqmail-postfix-logger on Debian 10.

What is mysqmail-postfix-logger

mysqmail-postfix-logger is:

MySQMail is a set of tiny daemon loggers for mail and FTP servers that save traffic information in a MySQL database. The information is split by domain and by user so that it’s easy to measure all the traffic for a given domain name in real time.

This package provides a logger for SMTP traffic handled by Postfix.

There are three methods to install mysqmail-postfix-logger on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mysqmail-postfix-logger Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mysqmail-postfix-logger

Install mysqmail-postfix-logger Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mysqmail-postfix-logger using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mysqmail-postfix-logger

Install mysqmail-postfix-logger 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 mysqmail-postfix-logger using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mysqmail-postfix-logger

How To Uninstall mysqmail-postfix-logger on Debian 10

To uninstall only the mysqmail-postfix-logger package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mysqmail-postfix-logger

Uninstall mysqmail-postfix-logger And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mysqmail-postfix-logger and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mysqmail-postfix-logger

Remove mysqmail-postfix-logger Configurations and Data

To remove mysqmail-postfix-logger configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mysqmail-postfix-logger

Remove mysqmail-postfix-logger configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mysqmail-postfix-logger configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mysqmail-postfix-logger

Dependencies

mysqmail-postfix-logger have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mysqmail-postfix-logger package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.