How To Install dhis-mx-sendmail-engine on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
dhis-mx-sendmail-engine is:
This package contains a mail relaying service module to be used with dhisd release 5 or above and the dynamic DNS module.
While the DHIS server dhisd retrieves dynamic IP addresses from clients, this module allows the server to deliver messages that were previously queued for the newly online host.
There are three methods to install dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
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 dhis-mx-sendmail-engine Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
Install dhis-mx-sendmail-engine Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
Install dhis-mx-sendmail-engine 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 dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
How To Uninstall dhis-mx-sendmail-engine on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
Uninstall dhis-mx-sendmail-engine And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
Remove dhis-mx-sendmail-engine Configurations and Data
To remove dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
Remove dhis-mx-sendmail-engine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dhis-mx-sendmail-engine
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.