How To Install automx on Debian 10

Learn how to install automx on Debian 10 with this tutorial. automx is Provides account configuration data to mailclients

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install automx on Debian 10.

What is automx

automx is:

automx runs as a WSGI webservice and generates XML output which is used by the users mail client to determine the configuration values needed to use the mail service, like address of IMAP or SMTP service, the username syntax to login and so on.

There are three methods to install automx on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install automx Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install automx

Install automx Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install automx

Install automx 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 automx using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install automx

How To Uninstall automx on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove automx

Uninstall automx And Its Dependencies

To uninstall automx and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove automx

Remove automx Configurations and Data

To remove automx configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge automx

Remove automx configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge automx

Dependencies

automx have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install automx package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.