How To Install qmail-uids-gids on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install qmail-uids-gids on Debian 9.
What is qmail-uids-gids
qmail-uids-gids is:
This package is mandatory for building and running the qmail package.
There are three methods to install qmail-uids-gids 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 qmail-uids-gids Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install qmail-uids-gids using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install qmail-uids-gids
Install qmail-uids-gids Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install qmail-uids-gids using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install qmail-uids-gids
Install qmail-uids-gids 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 qmail-uids-gids using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install qmail-uids-gids
How To Uninstall qmail-uids-gids on Debian 9
To uninstall only the qmail-uids-gids package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove qmail-uids-gids
Uninstall qmail-uids-gids And Its Dependencies
To uninstall qmail-uids-gids and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove qmail-uids-gids
Remove qmail-uids-gids Configurations and Data
To remove qmail-uids-gids configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge qmail-uids-gids
Remove qmail-uids-gids configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove qmail-uids-gids configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge qmail-uids-gids
Dependencies
qmail-uids-gids have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install qmail-uids-gids package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
