How To Install bootmail on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bootmail on Ubuntu 20.04. bootmail is automatically email one or more admins when a system reboots

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bootmail on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is bootmail

bootmail is:

bootmail is a handy utility that will automatically send an email to a configurable list of email addresses each time the system boots. This is perhaps useful for unattended servers that should not reboot often. It appends a configurable list of log files to the email body.

If you install the suggested packages, it will also cryptographically sign the email messages.

There are three methods to install bootmail on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bootmail Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bootmail

Install bootmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bootmail using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bootmail

Install bootmail 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 bootmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bootmail

How To Uninstall bootmail on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the bootmail package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bootmail

Uninstall bootmail And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bootmail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bootmail

Remove bootmail Configurations and Data

To remove bootmail configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bootmail

Remove bootmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bootmail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bootmail

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bootmail package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.