How To Install alpine on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alpine on Debian 11.
What is alpine
alpine is:
Alpine is an upgrade of the well-known PINE email client. Its name derives from the use of the Apache License and its ties to PINE.
It features a full suite of support for mail protocols like IMAP and SMTP and security protocols like TLS. It uses curses for its interface.
There are three methods to install alpine on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install alpine Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install alpine using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alpine
Install alpine Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alpine using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alpine
Install alpine 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 alpine using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alpine
How To Uninstall alpine on Debian 11
To uninstall only the alpine package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alpine
Uninstall alpine And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alpine and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alpine
Remove alpine Configurations and Data
To remove alpine configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alpine
Remove alpine configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alpine configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alpine
Dependencies
alpine have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alpine package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
