How To Install vm on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install vm on Debian 9. vm is mail user agent for Emacs

Introduction

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

What is vm

vm is:

VM (View Mail) is an Emacs subsystem that allows UNIX mail to be read and disposed of within Emacs. Commands exist to do the normal things expected of a mail user agent, such as generating replies, saving messages to folders, deleting messages and so on. There are other more advanced commands that do tasks like bursting and creating digests, message forwarding, and organizing message presentation according to various criteria. With smtpmail in modern emacsen, you do not need an MTA locally in order to use VM.

This package does not cater to XEmacs, since vm comes (by default) bundled in with XEmacs.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vm

Install vm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vm

Install vm 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 vm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vm

How To Uninstall vm on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove vm

Uninstall vm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vm

Remove vm Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vm

Remove vm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vm

Dependencies

vm have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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