How To Install postfix-mysql on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install postfix-mysql
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is postfix-mysql
postfix-mysql is:
Postfix is Wietse Venema’s mail transport agent that started life as an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail program. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and secure, while at the same time being sendmail compatible enough to not upset existing users. Thus, the outside has a sendmail-ish flavor, but the inside is completely different.
This provides support for MySQL maps in Postfix. If you plan to use MySQL maps with Postfix, you need this.
Package: postfix-mysql Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.4.10-1ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: mail Source: postfix Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: LaMont Jones [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 126 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libmysqlclient21 (>= 8.0.11), postfix (= 3.4.10-1ubuntu1) Breaks: postfix (« 3.1.3-7~) Replaces: postfix (« 3.1.3-7~) Filename: pool/main/p/postfix/postfix-mysql_3.4.10-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 21524 MD5sum: 6887c833588a405c369b1afcbcf4757a SHA1: a5b8dbe399ca5100993fed8adc953813361e22df SHA256: be574d9e1fa2ff0178d3a555dc14ea9d6486d6f7be112bd822169fbbca769afd Homepage: http://www.postfix.org Description-en: MySQL map support for Postfix Postfix is Wietse Venema’s mail transport agent that started life as an alternative to the widely-used Sendmail program. Postfix attempts to be fast, easy to administer, and secure, while at the same time being sendmail compatible enough to not upset existing users. Thus, the outside has a sendmail-ish flavor, but the inside is completely different.
This provides support for MySQL maps in Postfix. If you plan to use MySQL maps with Postfix, you need this.
There are three methods to install postfix-mysql
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 postfix-mysql Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install postfix-mysql
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install postfix-mysql
Install postfix-mysql Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install postfix-mysql
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install postfix-mysql
Install postfix-mysql 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 postfix-mysql
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install postfix-mysql
How To Uninstall postfix-mysql on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the postfix-mysql
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove postfix-mysql
Uninstall postfix-mysql And Its Dependencies
To uninstall postfix-mysql
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove postfix-mysql
Remove postfix-mysql Configurations and Data
To remove postfix-mysql
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge postfix-mysql
Remove postfix-mysql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove postfix-mysql
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge postfix-mysql
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install postfix-mysql
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.