How To Install postnews on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install postnews on Debian 9.
What is postnews
postnews is:
Postnews is a small command line utility written in Python that can be used to post Usenet articles (including headers) from stdin or a file to a nntp server. The article must at least contain the headers ‘From:’,‘Newsgroups:’, ‘Subject:’, a newline and a body.
There are three methods to install postnews 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 postnews Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install postnews using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install postnews
Install postnews Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install postnews using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install postnews
Install postnews 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 postnews using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install postnews
How To Uninstall postnews on Debian 9
To uninstall only the postnews package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove postnews
Uninstall postnews And Its Dependencies
To uninstall postnews and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove postnews
Remove postnews Configurations and Data
To remove postnews configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge postnews
Remove postnews configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove postnews configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge postnews
Dependencies
postnews have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install postnews package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
