How To Install webext-compactheader on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install webext-compactheader on Debian 9.
What is webext-compactheader
webext-compactheader is:
compactheader adds a button to compact Thunderbird??s header pane to a single line or expand it again. A customization dialog can be opened for the toolbar in the header pane (right mouse button context menu) to change the displayed buttons and their style.
The shortcut “SHIFT+h” can be used to toggle between expanded and compact header view.
This add-on integrates the functionality of “RSS Linkify Subject” by Alex Dedul. https://addons.mozilla.org/thunderbird/addon/rss-linkify-subject/
There are three methods to install webext-compactheader 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 webext-compactheader Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install webext-compactheader using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install webext-compactheader
Install webext-compactheader Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install webext-compactheader using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install webext-compactheader
Install webext-compactheader 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 webext-compactheader using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install webext-compactheader
How To Uninstall webext-compactheader on Debian 9
To uninstall only the webext-compactheader package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove webext-compactheader
Uninstall webext-compactheader And Its Dependencies
To uninstall webext-compactheader and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove webext-compactheader
Remove webext-compactheader Configurations and Data
To remove webext-compactheader configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge webext-compactheader
Remove webext-compactheader configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove webext-compactheader configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge webext-compactheader
Dependencies
webext-compactheader have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install webext-compactheader package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
