How To Install php-net-smtp on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-net-smtp on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is php-net-smtp
php-net-smtp is:
Provides an implementation of the SMTP protocol using PEAR’s Net_Socket class. The php-net-smtp package supports the SMTP authentication standard (as defined by RFC-2554) if you also install the php-auth-sasl package. Net_SMTP then supports several authentication methods like DIGEST-MD5, CRAM-MD5, LOGIN and PLAIN.
There are three methods to install php-net-smtp 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 php-net-smtp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install php-net-smtp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install php-net-smtp
Install php-net-smtp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install php-net-smtp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install php-net-smtp
Install php-net-smtp 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 php-net-smtp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install php-net-smtp
How To Uninstall php-net-smtp on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the php-net-smtp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove php-net-smtp
Uninstall php-net-smtp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall php-net-smtp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-net-smtp
Remove php-net-smtp Configurations and Data
To remove php-net-smtp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge php-net-smtp
Remove php-net-smtp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove php-net-smtp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-net-smtp
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install php-net-smtp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
