How To Install spamprobe on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install spamprobe on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is spamprobe
spamprobe is:
This package provides a spam filter based on the article ‘A Plan for Spam’ by Paul Graham. It uses a database (either BerkeleyDB or a simpler hash file) to store one- and two-word phrases. Only certain headers are analyzed and HTML tags are ignored to prevent false positives of legitimate HTML emails. Image attachments are considered as words that can signal spam. It can be simply integrated with procmail or maildrop to filter spam on incoming mail.
There are three methods to install spamprobe 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 spamprobe Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install spamprobe using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install spamprobe
Install spamprobe Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install spamprobe using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install spamprobe
Install spamprobe 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 spamprobe using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install spamprobe
How To Uninstall spamprobe on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the spamprobe package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove spamprobe
Uninstall spamprobe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall spamprobe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove spamprobe
Remove spamprobe Configurations and Data
To remove spamprobe configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge spamprobe
Remove spamprobe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove spamprobe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spamprobe
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install spamprobe package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.