How To Install sympa 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 sympa on Ubuntu.
What is sympa
sympa is:
Sympa is a scalable and highly customizable modern mailing list manager capable of handling big setups: 20.000 lists with 700,000 subscribers.
Here are some of its many features:
- Advanced MIME support, including digests, anonymization and S/MIME encryption
- Builtin password-based authentication, HTTPS X.509 certificates or use of LDAP database or Single Sign-On CAS or Shibboleth servers
- Archive management with web access and RSS feeds
- Moderation and administration via email, web and SOAP interface
- Multi-lingual, translated to more than 30 languages
- Virtual domains (virtual robots)
- Local SQLite subscriber database or use of MySQL, PostgreSQL or LDAP
- Integrated scripting language to extend and automate routines
- Web interface called WWSympa providing homogenous access for both users and admins to list overviews, customization, administration, searchable archives and optional web-based email reply form.
- Clean moderation and expiration processing
- Customizable service messages (templates) for owner and listmaster
- Semi-automatic bounces management
SYMPA is French for ‘SYstème de Multi-Postage Automatique’, which means ‘Automatic Multi Mailing System’.
There are three methods to install sympa 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 sympa Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sympa using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sympa
Install sympa Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sympa using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sympa
Install sympa 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 sympa using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sympa
How To Uninstall sympa on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the sympa package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sympa
Uninstall sympa And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sympa and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sympa
Remove sympa Configurations and Data
To remove sympa configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sympa
Remove sympa configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sympa configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sympa
Dependencies
sympa have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sympa package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.