How To Install thunderbird-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install thunderbird-dev on Debian 9.
What is thunderbird-dev
thunderbird-dev is:
Thunderbird is an mail client suitable for free distribution. The goal of Thunderbird is to produce a cross platform stand-alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. It supports different mail accounts, no matter of the used protocol like POP(s) or IMAP(s), has an integrated learning Spam filter, and offers easy organization of mails with tagging and virtual folders. Also, more features can be added by installing extensions.
This package contains the development headers, idl files and static libraries needed to develop applications using Thunderbird.
There are three methods to install thunderbird-dev 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 thunderbird-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install thunderbird-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install thunderbird-dev
Install thunderbird-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install thunderbird-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install thunderbird-dev
Install thunderbird-dev 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 thunderbird-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install thunderbird-dev
How To Uninstall thunderbird-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the thunderbird-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove thunderbird-dev
Uninstall thunderbird-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall thunderbird-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove thunderbird-dev
Remove thunderbird-dev Configurations and Data
To remove thunderbird-dev configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge thunderbird-dev
Remove thunderbird-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove thunderbird-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thunderbird-dev
Dependencies
thunderbird-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install thunderbird-dev package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
