How To Install qmhandle on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install qmhandle on Ubuntu 18.04. qmhandle is tool to manage the qmail message queue

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install qmhandle on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is qmhandle

qmhandle is:

qmHandle is a tool which can be used to manage the qmail message queue. It has more features than qmail-qread and qmail-qstat.

There are three methods to install qmhandle 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 qmhandle Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install qmhandle using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install qmhandle

Install qmhandle Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install qmhandle using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install qmhandle

Install qmhandle 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 qmhandle using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install qmhandle

How To Uninstall qmhandle on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the qmhandle package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove qmhandle

Uninstall qmhandle And Its Dependencies

To uninstall qmhandle and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove qmhandle

Remove qmhandle Configurations and Data

To remove qmhandle configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge qmhandle

Remove qmhandle configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove qmhandle configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qmhandle

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install qmhandle package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.