How To Install fetchyahoo on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fetchyahoo
on Debian 9.
What is fetchyahoo
fetchyahoo is:
FetchYahoo is a Perl script that downloads mail from a Yahoo! webmail account to a local mail spool, an mbox file, or to procmail. It is meant to replace fetchmail for people using Yahoo! mail since Yahoo!’s POP and email forwarding services are no longer free. It includes all parts and attachments within the email. It can also forward the email to a specified address.
There are three methods to install fetchyahoo
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 fetchyahoo Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fetchyahoo
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fetchyahoo
Install fetchyahoo Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fetchyahoo
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fetchyahoo
Install fetchyahoo 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 fetchyahoo
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fetchyahoo
How To Uninstall fetchyahoo on Debian 9
To uninstall only the fetchyahoo
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fetchyahoo
Uninstall fetchyahoo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fetchyahoo
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fetchyahoo
Remove fetchyahoo Configurations and Data
To remove fetchyahoo
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fetchyahoo
Remove fetchyahoo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fetchyahoo
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fetchyahoo
Dependencies
fetchyahoo have the following dependencies:
- perl
- libhtml-parser-perl
- libwww-perl
- libio-socket-ssl-perl
- liburi-perl
- libcrypt-ssleay-perl
- libmime-tools-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fetchyahoo
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.