How To Install gosa-plugin-mail on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-plugin-mail on Debian 9. gosa-plugin-mail is base mail plugin for GOsa?

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gosa-plugin-mail on Debian 9.

What is gosa-plugin-mail

gosa-plugin-mail is:

Mail management base plugin

GOsa? is a combination of system-administrator and end-user web interface, designed to handle LDAP based setups.

There are three methods to install gosa-plugin-mail 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 gosa-plugin-mail Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gosa-plugin-mail

Install gosa-plugin-mail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gosa-plugin-mail

Install gosa-plugin-mail 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 gosa-plugin-mail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gosa-plugin-mail

How To Uninstall gosa-plugin-mail on Debian 9

To uninstall only the gosa-plugin-mail package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gosa-plugin-mail

Uninstall gosa-plugin-mail And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gosa-plugin-mail

Remove gosa-plugin-mail Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gosa-plugin-mail

Remove gosa-plugin-mail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gosa-plugin-mail

Dependencies

gosa-plugin-mail have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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