How To Install sa-compile on Debian 10

Learn how to install sa-compile on Debian 10 with this tutorial. sa-compile is Tools for compiling SpamAssassin rules into C

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sa-compile on Debian 10.

What is sa-compile

sa-compile is:

sa-compile uses “re2c” to compile the site-wide parts of the SpamAssassin ruleset into C code for more efficient processing by spamd or spamassassin.

There are three methods to install sa-compile on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sa-compile Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sa-compile

Install sa-compile Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sa-compile

Install sa-compile 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install sa-compile using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sa-compile

How To Uninstall sa-compile on Debian 10

To uninstall only the sa-compile package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sa-compile

Uninstall sa-compile And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sa-compile and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sa-compile

Remove sa-compile Configurations and Data

To remove sa-compile configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sa-compile

Remove sa-compile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sa-compile

Dependencies

sa-compile have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sa-compile package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.