How To Install bmf on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bmf on Ubuntu 22.04. bmf is e-mail filter for spam that learns

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bmf on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is bmf

bmf is:

A small, fast, flexible Bayesian filter for processing e-mail. It is “trained” by the user to categorize email as spam or non-spam. This implementation integrates well with existing tools such as procmail and mutt. It can use a variety of formats for storing data. A utility is supplied for converting data between the supported formats.

This package includes support for text and libdb formats.

See “A Plan for Spam” https://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html by Paul Graham for further information.

There are three methods to install bmf on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install bmf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bmf

Install bmf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bmf

Install bmf 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 bmf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bmf

How To Uninstall bmf on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove bmf

Uninstall bmf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bmf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bmf

Remove bmf Configurations and Data

To remove bmf configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bmf

Remove bmf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bmf

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bmf package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.