How To Install pagure-milters on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pagure-milters on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is pagure-milters
pagure-milters is:
Pagure is a git-centered forge, Python based using pygit2.
pagure-milters is used to allow replying on a comment of a ticket or a pull-request by directly replying to the notification sent. No need to go to the page anymore to reply to a comment someone made.
It integrates with an MTA such as postfix or sendmail that you will have running and have access to in order to change its configuration.
There are three methods to install pagure-milters on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install pagure-milters Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pagure-milters using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pagure-milters
Install pagure-milters Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pagure-milters using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pagure-milters
Install pagure-milters 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 pagure-milters using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pagure-milters
How To Uninstall pagure-milters on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the pagure-milters package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pagure-milters
Uninstall pagure-milters And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pagure-milters and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pagure-milters
Remove pagure-milters Configurations and Data
To remove pagure-milters configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pagure-milters
Remove pagure-milters configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pagure-milters configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pagure-milters
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pagure-milters package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.