How To Install biabam on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install biabam on Debian 9. biabam is bash attachment mailer

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install biabam on Debian 9.

What is biabam

biabam is:

A tool that is used for mailing attachments from the commandline. It is similar to using Mutt to send attachments on the commandline, but without the overhead of a complete email client.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install biabam

Install biabam Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install biabam

Install biabam 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 biabam using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install biabam

How To Uninstall biabam on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove biabam

Uninstall biabam And Its Dependencies

To uninstall biabam and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove biabam

Remove biabam Configurations and Data

To remove biabam configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge biabam

Remove biabam configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge biabam

Dependencies

biabam have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install biabam package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.