How To Install sma on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sma on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sma
sma is:
SMA is a program that analyses Sendmail log entries.
Features:
- Support for all recent Sendmail versions
- Flexible output formatting - HTML, ASCII and a custom log
- Regular expression filtering of messages
- Multiple hosts in the same report
There are three methods to install sma 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 sma Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sma using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sma
Install sma Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sma using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sma
Install sma 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 sma using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sma
How To Uninstall sma on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sma package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sma
Uninstall sma And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sma and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sma
Remove sma Configurations and Data
To remove sma configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sma
Remove sma configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sma configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sma
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sma package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
