How To Install bbdb3 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install bbdb3 on Debian 9.
What is bbdb3
bbdb3 is:
This is a reboot of BBDB, the Insidious Big Brother Database for Emacs. It provides an address book for email and snail mail addresses, phone numbers and the like. It can be linked with various Emacs mail clients (Rmail, Gnus, VM). BBDB is fully customizable.
There are three methods to install bbdb3 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 bbdb3 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install bbdb3 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install bbdb3
Install bbdb3 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install bbdb3 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install bbdb3
Install bbdb3 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 bbdb3 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install bbdb3
How To Uninstall bbdb3 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the bbdb3 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove bbdb3
Uninstall bbdb3 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall bbdb3 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove bbdb3
Remove bbdb3 Configurations and Data
To remove bbdb3 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge bbdb3
Remove bbdb3 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove bbdb3 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bbdb3
Dependencies
bbdb3 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install bbdb3 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
