How To Install altermime on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install altermime on Ubuntu.
What is altermime
altermime is:
alterMIME is a small program which is used to alter your mime-encoded mailpacks as typically received by Inflex, Xamime and AMaViS.
alterMIME can: * Insert disclaimers; * Insert arbitrary X-headers; * Modify existing headers; * Remove attachments based on filename or content-type; * Replace attachments based on filename.
There are three methods to install altermime on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install altermime Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install altermime using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install altermime
Install altermime Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install altermime using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install altermime
Install altermime 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 altermime using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install altermime
How To Uninstall altermime on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the altermime package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove altermime
Uninstall altermime And Its Dependencies
To uninstall altermime and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove altermime
Remove altermime Configurations and Data
To remove altermime configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge altermime
Remove altermime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove altermime configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge altermime
Dependencies
altermime have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install altermime package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.