How To Install renattach on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install renattach on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is renattach
renattach is:
Renattach is a small, efficient and surprisingly effective filter designed primarily to offer an additional level of safety to Windows users whose e-mails pass through a UNIX-like mail server. Many modern viruses are spread through e-mail, and renattach combats such viruses by filtering e-mail attachments based on file extension. The idea is to rename potentially dangerous attachments (executable ones) so that the user, or the user’s poorly written e-mail software, does not accidentally execute the attachment.
There are three methods to install renattach 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 renattach Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install renattach using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install renattach
Install renattach Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install renattach using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install renattach
Install renattach 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 renattach using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install renattach
How To Uninstall renattach on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the renattach package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove renattach
Uninstall renattach And Its Dependencies
To uninstall renattach and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove renattach
Remove renattach Configurations and Data
To remove renattach configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge renattach
Remove renattach configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove renattach configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge renattach
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install renattach package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
