How To Install procmail 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 procmail on Ubuntu.
What is procmail
procmail is:
Can be used to create mail-servers, mailing lists, sort your incoming mail into separate folders/files (very convenient when subscribing to one or more mailing lists or for prioritising your mail), preprocess your mail, start any programs upon mail arrival (e.g. to generate different chimes on your workstation for different types of mail) or selectively forward certain incoming mail automatically to someone.
There are three methods to install procmail 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 procmail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install procmail using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install procmail
Install procmail Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install procmail using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install procmail
Install procmail 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 procmail using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install procmail
How To Uninstall procmail on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the procmail package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove procmail
Uninstall procmail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall procmail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove procmail
Remove procmail Configurations and Data
To remove procmail configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge procmail
Remove procmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove procmail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge procmail
Dependencies
procmail have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install procmail package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.