How To Install iceowl-extension on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install iceowl-extension on Debian 9.
What is iceowl-extension
iceowl-extension is:
Iceowl Extension is an unbranded Lightning Calendar extension for Thunderbird/Icedove. It can handle events, event invitations and tasks in multiple calendars.
It supports local calendars, CalDAV and plain ics files on WebDAV.
This is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.
There are three methods to install iceowl-extension 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 iceowl-extension Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install iceowl-extension using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install iceowl-extension
Install iceowl-extension Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install iceowl-extension using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install iceowl-extension
Install iceowl-extension 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 iceowl-extension using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install iceowl-extension
How To Uninstall iceowl-extension on Debian 9
To uninstall only the iceowl-extension package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove iceowl-extension
Uninstall iceowl-extension And Its Dependencies
To uninstall iceowl-extension and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove iceowl-extension
Remove iceowl-extension Configurations and Data
To remove iceowl-extension configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge iceowl-extension
Remove iceowl-extension configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove iceowl-extension configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge iceowl-extension
Dependencies
iceowl-extension have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install iceowl-extension package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
