How To Install multimail on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install multimail on Debian 9. multimail is Offline reader for Blue Wave, QWK, OMEN and SOUP

Introduction

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

What is multimail

multimail is:

MultiMail is an offline mail packet reader for Unix and other systems. It currently supports the Blue Wave, QWK, OMEN and SOUP formats. It has a full screen, color user interface, built with the curses library.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install multimail

Install multimail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install multimail

Install multimail 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 multimail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install multimail

How To Uninstall multimail on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove multimail

Uninstall multimail And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove multimail

Remove multimail Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge multimail

Remove multimail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multimail

Dependencies

multimail have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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