How To Install amavisd-milter-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install amavisd-milter-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04. amavisd-milter-dbg is amavisd-new interface for milter-capable MTAs - debugging symbols

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install amavisd-milter-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is amavisd-milter-dbg

amavisd-milter-dbg is:

This package provides a milter for amavisd-new that works with Sendmail or Postfix, using the AM.PDP protocol.

This package contains the debugging symbols for amavisd-milter.

There are three methods to install amavisd-milter-dbg 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 amavisd-milter-dbg Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install amavisd-milter-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install amavisd-milter-dbg

Install amavisd-milter-dbg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install amavisd-milter-dbg using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install amavisd-milter-dbg

Install amavisd-milter-dbg 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 amavisd-milter-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install amavisd-milter-dbg

How To Uninstall amavisd-milter-dbg on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the amavisd-milter-dbg package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove amavisd-milter-dbg

Uninstall amavisd-milter-dbg And Its Dependencies

To uninstall amavisd-milter-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove amavisd-milter-dbg

Remove amavisd-milter-dbg Configurations and Data

To remove amavisd-milter-dbg configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge amavisd-milter-dbg

Remove amavisd-milter-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove amavisd-milter-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge amavisd-milter-dbg

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install amavisd-milter-dbg package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.