How To Install claws-mail-pgpmime on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-pgpmime on Debian 9. claws-mail-pgpmime is PGP/MIME plugin for Claws Mail

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-pgpmime on Debian 9.

What is claws-mail-pgpmime

claws-mail-pgpmime is:

This plugin for Claws Mail verifies signatures and decrypts messages. It does also provide the PGP/core plugin for use with other privacy plugins, required also for signing and encrypting mails.

There are three methods to install claws-mail-pgpmime 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 claws-mail-pgpmime Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail-pgpmime

Install claws-mail-pgpmime Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-pgpmime using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install claws-mail-pgpmime

Install claws-mail-pgpmime 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 claws-mail-pgpmime using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-pgpmime

How To Uninstall claws-mail-pgpmime on Debian 9

To uninstall only the claws-mail-pgpmime package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-pgpmime

Uninstall claws-mail-pgpmime And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove claws-mail-pgpmime

Remove claws-mail-pgpmime Configurations and Data

To remove claws-mail-pgpmime configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail-pgpmime

Remove claws-mail-pgpmime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove claws-mail-pgpmime configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge claws-mail-pgpmime

Dependencies

claws-mail-pgpmime have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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