How To Install libytnef0-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libytnef0-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libytnef0-dev is headers for application/ms-tnef attachments decoder

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libytnef0-dev on Debian 10.

What is libytnef0-dev

libytnef0-dev is:

Yerase’s TNEF Stream Reader allows you to decode application/ms-tnef e-mail attachments, which are usually entitled “winmail.dat” and are generally a file container format that is only readable by Microsoft Outlook. Some TNEF streams also include RTF-formatted data.

libytnef0 is the support library that exposes these functions to other programs. The ytnef program is the frontend for this library, so you should probably install that (included in ytnef-tools) if you want to take advantage of it.

These are the development headers for libytnef0.

There are three methods to install libytnef0-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libytnef0-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libytnef0-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libytnef0-dev

Install libytnef0-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libytnef0-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libytnef0-dev

Install libytnef0-dev 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 libytnef0-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libytnef0-dev

How To Uninstall libytnef0-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libytnef0-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libytnef0-dev

Uninstall libytnef0-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libytnef0-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libytnef0-dev

Remove libytnef0-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libytnef0-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libytnef0-dev

Remove libytnef0-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libytnef0-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libytnef0-dev

Dependencies

libytnef0-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libytnef0-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.