How To Install icedove-l10n-all on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install icedove-l10n-all on Debian 9. icedove-l10n-all is All language packages for Icedove (meta) - Transitional package

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install icedove-l10n-all on Debian 9.

What is icedove-l10n-all

icedove-l10n-all is:

Thunderbird is an mail client suitable for free distribution. The goal of Thunderbird is to produce a cross platform stand-alone mail application using the XUL user interface language.

This package is a metapackage depending on all available localization of Thunderbird.

This is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.

There are three methods to install icedove-l10n-all 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-l10n-all 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-l10n-all using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install icedove-l10n-all

Install icedove-l10n-all Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install icedove-l10n-all using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install icedove-l10n-all

Install icedove-l10n-all 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-l10n-all using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install icedove-l10n-all

How To Uninstall icedove-l10n-all on Debian 9

To uninstall only the icedove-l10n-all package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove icedove-l10n-all

Uninstall icedove-l10n-all And Its Dependencies

To uninstall icedove-l10n-all and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove icedove-l10n-all

Remove icedove-l10n-all Configurations and Data

To remove icedove-l10n-all configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge icedove-l10n-all

Remove icedove-l10n-all configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove icedove-l10n-all configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icedove-l10n-all

Dependencies

icedove-l10n-all have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install icedove-l10n-all package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.