How To Install balsa-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install balsa-dbg on Debian 9.
What is balsa-dbg
balsa-dbg is:
Balsa is a highly configurable and robust mail client for the GNOME desktop. It supports both POP3 and IMAP servers as well as the mbox, maildir and mh local mailbox formats. Balsa also supports SMTP and/or the use of a local MTA such as Sendmail.
This package contains the debugging symbols for balsa.
There are three methods to install balsa-dbg on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install balsa-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install balsa-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install balsa-dbg
Install balsa-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install balsa-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install balsa-dbg
Install balsa-dbg 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install balsa-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install balsa-dbg
How To Uninstall balsa-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the balsa-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove balsa-dbg
Uninstall balsa-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall balsa-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove balsa-dbg
Remove balsa-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove balsa-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge balsa-dbg
Remove balsa-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove balsa-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge balsa-dbg
Dependencies
balsa-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install balsa-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
