How To Install opensmtpd-extras on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install opensmtpd-extras on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is opensmtpd-extras
opensmtpd-extras is:
This package provides a subset of addons for OpenSMTPD, including experimental ones. Please see each for a description of additional dependencies.
- Tables:
- ldap: support lookup against LDAP
- mysql: support lookup against MySQL
- passwd: support lookup in passwd-format tables
- postgres: support lookup against PostgreSQL
- redis: support lookup against a Redis server
- socketmap: support lookups against sockets
- sqlite: support lookup in SQLite tables
There are three methods to install opensmtpd-extras 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 opensmtpd-extras Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install opensmtpd-extras using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install opensmtpd-extras
Install opensmtpd-extras Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install opensmtpd-extras using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install opensmtpd-extras
Install opensmtpd-extras 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 opensmtpd-extras using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install opensmtpd-extras
How To Uninstall opensmtpd-extras on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the opensmtpd-extras package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove opensmtpd-extras
Uninstall opensmtpd-extras And Its Dependencies
To uninstall opensmtpd-extras and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove opensmtpd-extras
Remove opensmtpd-extras Configurations and Data
To remove opensmtpd-extras configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge opensmtpd-extras
Remove opensmtpd-extras configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove opensmtpd-extras configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge opensmtpd-extras
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install opensmtpd-extras package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
