How To Install opendkim on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opendkim
on Debian 9.
What is opendkim
opendkim 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.
DKIM provides a way for senders to confirm their identity when sending email by adding a cryptographic signature to the headers of the message.
This package contains the OpenDKIM mail filter (Milter) for plugging into Milter-aware MTAs. It implements both signing and verification.
There are three methods to install opendkim
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install opendkim Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install opendkim
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opendkim
Install opendkim Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install opendkim
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opendkim
Install opendkim 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 opendkim
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opendkim
How To Uninstall opendkim on Debian 9
To uninstall only the opendkim
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opendkim
Uninstall opendkim And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opendkim
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opendkim
Remove opendkim Configurations and Data
To remove opendkim
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opendkim
Remove opendkim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opendkim
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opendkim
Dependencies
opendkim have the following dependencies:
- libopendkim11
- libbsd0
- libc6
- libdb5.3
- libldap-2.4-2
- liblua5.1-0
- libmemcached11
- libmemcachedutil2
- libmilter1.0.1
- libopendbx1
- librbl1
- libssl1.1
- libunbound2
- libvbr2
- init-system-helpers
- adduser
- lsb-base
- dns-root-data
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opendkim
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.