How To Install post-faq on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install post-faq on Debian 9.
What is post-faq
post-faq is:
The purpose of this package is to handle the posting of periodic informational postings to the USENET using cron.
For this it adds appropriate Message-ID, Expires, Supersedes, and References headers.
There are three methods to install post-faq 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 post-faq Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install post-faq using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install post-faq
Install post-faq Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install post-faq using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install post-faq
Install post-faq 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 post-faq using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install post-faq
How To Uninstall post-faq on Debian 9
To uninstall only the post-faq package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove post-faq
Uninstall post-faq And Its Dependencies
To uninstall post-faq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove post-faq
Remove post-faq Configurations and Data
To remove post-faq configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge post-faq
Remove post-faq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove post-faq configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge post-faq
Dependencies
post-faq have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install post-faq package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
