How To Install gross on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gross on Ubuntu 22.04. gross is fast and efficient greylist server with DNSBL support

Introduction

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

What is gross

gross is:

Gross is a resource efficient greylist server written in C that supports greylisting and/or blocking based on DNSRBL so it will not impact legitimate mails

It also contains a milter implementation and natively supports Postfix, Exim and Sendmail.

There are three methods to install gross 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 gross Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gross

Install gross Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gross

Install gross 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 gross using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gross

How To Uninstall gross on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove gross

Uninstall gross And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gross

Remove gross Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gross

Remove gross configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gross

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Summary

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