How To Install mailman-api on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install mailman-api on Debian 9. mailman-api is REST API daemon to interact with Mailman 2

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mailman-api on Debian 9.

What is mailman-api

mailman-api is:

mailman-api provides a daemon that will listen to HTTP requests, providing access to a REST API that can be used to interact with a locally-installed Mailman instance.

There are three methods to install mailman-api 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 mailman-api Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mailman-api

Install mailman-api Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mailman-api

Install mailman-api 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 mailman-api using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mailman-api

How To Uninstall mailman-api on Debian 9

To uninstall only the mailman-api package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mailman-api

Uninstall mailman-api And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailman-api

Remove mailman-api Configurations and Data

To remove mailman-api configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mailman-api

Remove mailman-api configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailman-api

Dependencies

mailman-api have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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