How To Install esmtp-run on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install esmtp-run on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is esmtp-run
esmtp-run is:
ESMTP is a user configurable relay-only Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) with a sendmail-compatible syntax. It’s based on libESMTP supporting the AUTH (including the CRAM-MD5 and NTLM SASL mechanisms) and the StartTLS SMTP extensions.
ESMTP does not receive mail, expand aliases or manage a queue but can deliver mail locally via an MDA.
This package provides the regular MTA programs.
There are three methods to install esmtp-run 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 esmtp-run Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install esmtp-run using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install esmtp-run
Install esmtp-run Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install esmtp-run using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install esmtp-run
Install esmtp-run 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 esmtp-run using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install esmtp-run
How To Uninstall esmtp-run on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the esmtp-run package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove esmtp-run
Uninstall esmtp-run And Its Dependencies
To uninstall esmtp-run and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove esmtp-run
Remove esmtp-run Configurations and Data
To remove esmtp-run configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge esmtp-run
Remove esmtp-run configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove esmtp-run configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge esmtp-run
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install esmtp-run package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
