How To Install perdition 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 perdition on Ubuntu.

What is `perdition`

perdition is:

Perdition allows users to connect to a content-free POP3 or IMAP4 server that will redirect them to their real POP3 or IMAP4 server. This enables mail retrieval for a domain to be split across multiple backend servers on a per user basis. This can also be used to as a POP3 or IMAP4 proxy especially in firewall applications. Perdition supports arbitrary library based map access to determine the server for a user. POSIX Regular Expression, GDBM, Berkeley DB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ODBC and LDAP libraries ship with the distribution.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install perdition

Install perdition Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install perdition

Install perdition 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 perdition using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install perdition

How To Uninstall perdition on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove perdition

Uninstall perdition And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove perdition

Remove perdition Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge perdition

Remove perdition configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge perdition

Dependencies

perdition have the following dependencies:

References

perdition website

Summary

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