How To Install uucp-lmtp on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uucp-lmtp
on Debian 9.
What is uucp-lmtp
uucp-lmtp is:
This software transports e-mail over a UUCP (unix to unix copy) transport. It uses LMTP to inject mail into the UUCP queue. The mail is transmitted using SMTP on the receiving side.
There are three methods to install uucp-lmtp
on Debian 9. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install uucp-lmtp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install uucp-lmtp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uucp-lmtp
Install uucp-lmtp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uucp-lmtp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uucp-lmtp
Install uucp-lmtp 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install uucp-lmtp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uucp-lmtp
How To Uninstall uucp-lmtp on Debian 9
To uninstall only the uucp-lmtp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uucp-lmtp
Uninstall uucp-lmtp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uucp-lmtp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uucp-lmtp
Remove uucp-lmtp Configurations and Data
To remove uucp-lmtp
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uucp-lmtp
Remove uucp-lmtp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uucp-lmtp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uucp-lmtp
Dependencies
uucp-lmtp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uucp-lmtp
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.