How To Install rspamd 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 rspamd on Ubuntu.

What is `rspamd`

rspamd is:

Rspamd is a rapid, modular and lightweight spam filter. It is designed to work with big amount of mail and can be easily extended with own filters written in Lua.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rspamd

Install rspamd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rspamd

Install rspamd 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 rspamd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rspamd

How To Uninstall rspamd on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove rspamd

Uninstall rspamd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rspamd

Remove rspamd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rspamd

Remove rspamd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rspamd

Dependencies

rspamd have the following dependencies:

References

rspamd website

Summary

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