How To Install libkmime4 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkmime4 on Debian 9.
What is libkmime4
libkmime4 is:
This library provides an API for handling MIME data. MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is an Internet Standard that extends the format of e-mail to support text in character sets other than US-ASCII, non-text attachments, multi-part message bodies, and header information in non-ASCII character sets.
This package is part of the KDE Development Platform PIM libraries module.
There are three methods to install libkmime4 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 libkmime4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libkmime4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libkmime4
Install libkmime4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libkmime4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libkmime4
Install libkmime4 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 libkmime4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libkmime4
How To Uninstall libkmime4 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libkmime4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libkmime4
Uninstall libkmime4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libkmime4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libkmime4
Remove libkmime4 Configurations and Data
To remove libkmime4 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libkmime4
Remove libkmime4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libkmime4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libkmime4
Dependencies
libkmime4 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libkmime4 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
