How To Install libetpan17 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install libetpan17 on Debian 9. libetpan17 is mail handling library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libetpan17 on Debian 9.

What is libetpan17

libetpan17 is:

libEtPan! is a mail library. It may be used for low-level mail handling: network protocols (IMAP/NNTP/POP3/SMTP over TCP/IP with or without SSL), local storage (mbox/MH/maildir) and message/MIME parsing.

This package provides shared library files.

There are three methods to install libetpan17 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 libetpan17 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libetpan17 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libetpan17

Install libetpan17 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libetpan17 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libetpan17

Install libetpan17 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 libetpan17 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libetpan17

How To Uninstall libetpan17 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libetpan17 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libetpan17

Uninstall libetpan17 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libetpan17 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libetpan17

Remove libetpan17 Configurations and Data

To remove libetpan17 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libetpan17

Remove libetpan17 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libetpan17 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libetpan17

Dependencies

libetpan17 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libetpan17 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.