How To Install icedove-bidiui on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install icedove-bidiui on Debian 9.
What is icedove-bidiui
icedove-bidiui is:
An extension for Icedove (originally written for Thunderbird) that allows users to create emails with explicit paragraph directionality, as needed for proper recipient rendering of emails with bidi languages, such as Hebrew, Arabic, Farsi, Urdu or Yiddish.
The extension adds “BiDi” controls, setting the paragraph direction, as well as automatic direction sensing for unformatted text messages, and direction overrides.
There are three methods to install icedove-bidiui 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 icedove-bidiui Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install icedove-bidiui using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install icedove-bidiui
Install icedove-bidiui Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install icedove-bidiui using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install icedove-bidiui
Install icedove-bidiui 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 icedove-bidiui using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install icedove-bidiui
How To Uninstall icedove-bidiui on Debian 9
To uninstall only the icedove-bidiui package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove icedove-bidiui
Uninstall icedove-bidiui And Its Dependencies
To uninstall icedove-bidiui and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove icedove-bidiui
Remove icedove-bidiui Configurations and Data
To remove icedove-bidiui configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge icedove-bidiui
Remove icedove-bidiui configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove icedove-bidiui configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icedove-bidiui
Dependencies
icedove-bidiui have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install icedove-bidiui package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
