How To Install rblcheck 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 rblcheck on Ubuntu.
What is rblcheck
rblcheck is:
This program is a very basic interface to DNS Blackhole Lists. The basic idea of the filter is that when someone is blacklisted for email abuse of some sort, a new domain name is resolved of the form “2.0.0.127.domain.name.com”, where 2.0.0.127 is the abusive IP address in reverse (for example, 2.0.0.127 would be the IP address 127.0.0.2), and “domain.name.com” is the base domain name of the filtering service.
There are three methods to install rblcheck 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 rblcheck Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rblcheck using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rblcheck
Install rblcheck Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rblcheck using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rblcheck
Install rblcheck 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 rblcheck using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rblcheck
How To Uninstall rblcheck on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the rblcheck package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rblcheck
Uninstall rblcheck And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rblcheck and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rblcheck
Remove rblcheck Configurations and Data
To remove rblcheck configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rblcheck
Remove rblcheck configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rblcheck configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rblcheck
Dependencies
rblcheck have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rblcheck package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.