How To Install p3scan on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install p3scan on Debian 9.
What is p3scan
p3scan is:
p3scan uses iptables port re-direction to intercept outgoing POP3 connections. It provides different types of email scanning and is ideal for helping to protect your “Other OS” LAN from harm, especially when used in conjunction with a firewall and other Internet Proxy servers.
It is designed to enable scanning of incoming email messages for virus’s, worms, trojans, spam, and harmful attachments. Because viewing HTML mail can enable a spammer to validate an email address (via Web bugs), it can also provide HTML stripping.
There are three methods to install p3scan 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 p3scan Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install p3scan using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install p3scan
Install p3scan Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install p3scan using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install p3scan
Install p3scan 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 p3scan using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install p3scan
How To Uninstall p3scan on Debian 9
To uninstall only the p3scan package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove p3scan
Uninstall p3scan And Its Dependencies
To uninstall p3scan and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove p3scan
Remove p3scan Configurations and Data
To remove p3scan configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge p3scan
Remove p3scan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove p3scan configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge p3scan
Dependencies
p3scan have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install p3scan package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.