How To Install smtpping on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smtpping
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is smtpping
smtpping is:
A simple, portable tool for measuring SMTP server delay, delay variation and throughput. Its options (v4 or v6, variable ping sizes etc), make it a quick and lightweight tool for testing SMTP server metrics.
There are three methods to install smtpping
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install smtpping Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install smtpping
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install smtpping
Install smtpping Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install smtpping
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install smtpping
Install smtpping 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 smtpping
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smtpping
How To Uninstall smtpping on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the smtpping
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove smtpping
Uninstall smtpping And Its Dependencies
To uninstall smtpping
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove smtpping
Remove smtpping Configurations and Data
To remove smtpping
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge smtpping
Remove smtpping configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove smtpping
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smtpping
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smtpping
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.