How To Install heirloom-mailx on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install heirloom-mailx on Debian 9.
What is heirloom-mailx
heirloom-mailx is:
This dummy package is provided to provide a smooth upgrade path from heirloom-mailx to s-nail. It only contains symlinks to the s-nail binary and manpage.
There are three methods to install heirloom-mailx 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 heirloom-mailx Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install heirloom-mailx using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install heirloom-mailx
Install heirloom-mailx Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install heirloom-mailx using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install heirloom-mailx
Install heirloom-mailx 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 heirloom-mailx using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install heirloom-mailx
How To Uninstall heirloom-mailx on Debian 9
To uninstall only the heirloom-mailx package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove heirloom-mailx
Uninstall heirloom-mailx And Its Dependencies
To uninstall heirloom-mailx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove heirloom-mailx
Remove heirloom-mailx Configurations and Data
To remove heirloom-mailx configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge heirloom-mailx
Remove heirloom-mailx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove heirloom-mailx configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge heirloom-mailx
Dependencies
heirloom-mailx have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install heirloom-mailx package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
