How To Install lei on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lei
on Debian 12.
What is lei
lei is:
lei is a command-line tool for importing and searching email, regardless of whether it is from a personal mailbox or a public-inbox. lei supports a local, writable store built on top of public-inbox formats.
Warning: lei is still in its early stages and may destroy mail. Be sure to have backups of destinations lei writes to.
There are three methods to install lei
on Debian 12. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lei Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lei
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lei
Install lei Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lei
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lei
Install lei 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 lei
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lei
How To Uninstall lei on Debian 12
To uninstall only the lei
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lei
Uninstall lei And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lei
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lei
Remove lei Configurations and Data
To remove lei
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lei
Remove lei configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lei
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lei
Dependencies
lei have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lei
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.