Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install esmtp on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is esmtp
esmtp is:
ESMTP is a user configurable relay-only Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) with a
sendmail-compatible syntax. It’s based on libESMTP supporting the AUTH
(including the CRAM-MD5 and NTLM SASL mechanisms) and the StartTLS SMTP
extensions.
ESMTP does not receive mail, expand aliases or manage a queue but can deliver
mail locally via an MDA.
This package contains the esmtp program.
There are three methods to install esmtp on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install esmtp Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install esmtp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install esmtp
Install esmtp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install esmtp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install esmtp
Install esmtp 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 esmtp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install esmtp
How To Uninstall esmtp on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the esmtp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove esmtp
Uninstall esmtp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall esmtp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove esmtp
Remove esmtp Configurations and Data
To remove esmtp configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge esmtp
Remove esmtp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove esmtp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge esmtp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install esmtp package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
