How To Install smtpprox on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install smtpprox on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is smtpprox
smtpprox is:
smtpprox is a trivial transparent SMTP proxy, an SMTP server and client combination.
The SMTP server writes the incoming message to a temporary file, which the SMTP client reads as the message to send. SMTP commands and replies are relayed without change for the most part.
For efficiency reasons, it pre-forks and serves from a pool of servers, Apache-style.
There are three methods to install smtpprox 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 smtpprox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install smtpprox using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install smtpprox
Install smtpprox Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install smtpprox using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install smtpprox
Install smtpprox 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 smtpprox using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install smtpprox
How To Uninstall smtpprox on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the smtpprox package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove smtpprox
Uninstall smtpprox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall smtpprox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove smtpprox
Remove smtpprox Configurations and Data
To remove smtpprox configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge smtpprox
Remove smtpprox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove smtpprox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge smtpprox
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install smtpprox package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
