How To Install exim4-doc-info on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install exim4-doc-info on Ubuntu 18.04. exim4-doc-info is documentation for the Exim MTA (v4) in info format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install exim4-doc-info on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is exim4-doc-info

exim4-doc-info is:

Contains specification and filtering documentation in info format.

The Debian exim4 packages have their own web page, http://pkg-exim4.alioth.debian.org/. There is also a FAQ list. Local information about the way the Debian packages can be configured is can be found in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz. This file has also information about the way the Debian binary packages are built. There is a Debian-centered mailing list, [email protected]. Please ask Debian-specific questions there, and only write to the upstream exim-users mailing list if you are sure that your question is not Debian-specific. You can find the subscription web page on http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-exim4-users

exim is a drop-in replacement for sendmail/mailq/rsmtp.

There are three methods to install exim4-doc-info 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 exim4-doc-info Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install exim4-doc-info using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install exim4-doc-info

Install exim4-doc-info Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install exim4-doc-info using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install exim4-doc-info

Install exim4-doc-info 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 exim4-doc-info using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install exim4-doc-info

How To Uninstall exim4-doc-info on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the exim4-doc-info package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove exim4-doc-info

Uninstall exim4-doc-info And Its Dependencies

To uninstall exim4-doc-info and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove exim4-doc-info

Remove exim4-doc-info Configurations and Data

To remove exim4-doc-info configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge exim4-doc-info

Remove exim4-doc-info configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove exim4-doc-info configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exim4-doc-info

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install exim4-doc-info package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.