How To Install sortmail on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sortmail
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sortmail
sortmail is:
sortmail is a simple mail sorter you can use in your .forward to sort your mail into folders automatically, delete unwanted mail, etc.
There are three methods to install sortmail
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 sortmail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sortmail
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sortmail
Install sortmail Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sortmail
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sortmail
Install sortmail 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 sortmail
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sortmail
How To Uninstall sortmail on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sortmail
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sortmail
Uninstall sortmail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sortmail
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sortmail
Remove sortmail Configurations and Data
To remove sortmail
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sortmail
Remove sortmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sortmail
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sortmail
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sortmail
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.