How To Install prometheus-mailexporter on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus-mailexporter on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is prometheus-mailexporter
prometheus-mailexporter is:
This package exports metrics for the prometheus monitoring system about mail server functionality. It can be used for mail delivery systems that are based on Maildir and tests MDA and optionally SMTP functionality.
Gathered metrics include roundtrip times and mail timeouts and exposes those in the prometheus metrics format.
There are three methods to install prometheus-mailexporter 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 prometheus-mailexporter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install prometheus-mailexporter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install prometheus-mailexporter
Install prometheus-mailexporter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install prometheus-mailexporter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install prometheus-mailexporter
Install prometheus-mailexporter 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 prometheus-mailexporter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install prometheus-mailexporter
How To Uninstall prometheus-mailexporter on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the prometheus-mailexporter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove prometheus-mailexporter
Uninstall prometheus-mailexporter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall prometheus-mailexporter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove prometheus-mailexporter
Remove prometheus-mailexporter Configurations and Data
To remove prometheus-mailexporter configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge prometheus-mailexporter
Remove prometheus-mailexporter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove prometheus-mailexporter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prometheus-mailexporter
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus-mailexporter package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
