How To Install painintheapt on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install painintheapt on Debian 9. painintheapt is Pester people about available package updates by email or jabber

Introduction

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

What is painintheapt

painintheapt is:

Pain in the APT pesters people about available package upgrades, just like apticron or cron-apt. However, it does so by SMTP and XMPP (direct or MUC/conference room), but also by calling mailx.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install painintheapt

Install painintheapt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install painintheapt

Install painintheapt 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 painintheapt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install painintheapt

How To Uninstall painintheapt on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove painintheapt

Uninstall painintheapt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove painintheapt

Remove painintheapt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge painintheapt

Remove painintheapt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge painintheapt

Dependencies

painintheapt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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