How To Install eximon4 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eximon4 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is eximon4
eximon4 is:
Eximon is a helper program for the Exim MTA (v4). It allows administrators to view the mail queue and logs, and perform a variety of actions on queued messages, such as freezing, bouncing and thawing messages.
Package: eximon4 Architecture: amd64 Version: 4.93-13ubuntu1 Priority: optional Section: universe/mail Source: exim4 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Exim4 Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 230 Depends: exim4-base (>= 4.10), libc6 (>= 2.14), libpcre3, libx11-6, libxaw7, libxmu6, libxt6 Conflicts: eximon Replaces: eximon Filename: pool/universe/e/exim4/eximon4_4.93-13ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 46836 MD5sum: c9fcababf8ef977496dc0431ace863b8 SHA1: 389b89a187ee4707a8b8faf56aaeb8570e03d77d SHA256: d0b3f98e9f08aeb979e95f4246cef7e910e07f4320e250d8a55c1cd228a7b452 Homepage: https://www.exim.org/ Description-en: monitor application for the Exim MTA (v4) (X11 interface) Eximon is a helper program for the Exim MTA (v4). It allows administrators to view the mail queue and logs, and perform a variety of actions on queued messages, such as freezing, bouncing and thawing messages.
There are three methods to install eximon4 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 eximon4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install eximon4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eximon4
Install eximon4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eximon4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eximon4
Install eximon4 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 eximon4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eximon4
How To Uninstall eximon4 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the eximon4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eximon4
Uninstall eximon4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eximon4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eximon4
Remove eximon4 Configurations and Data
To remove eximon4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eximon4
Remove eximon4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eximon4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eximon4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eximon4 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
