How To Install fdm on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install fdm on Debian 11.
What is fdm
fdm is:
fdm is a program to fetch mail and deliver it in various ways depending on a user-supplied ruleset. Mail may be fetched from stdin, IMAP or POP3 servers, or from local maildirs, and filtered based on whether it matches a regexp, its size or age, or the output of a shell command. It can be rewritten by an external process, dropped, left on the server or delivered into maildirs, mboxes, to a file or pipe, or any combination.
fdm is designed to be lightweight but powerful, with a compact but clear configuration syntax. It is primarily designed for single-user uses but may also be configured to deliver mail in a multi-user setup. In this case, it uses privilege separation to minimise the amount of code running as the root user.
There are three methods to install fdm 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 fdm Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install fdm using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install fdm
Install fdm Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install fdm using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install fdm
Install fdm 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 fdm using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install fdm
How To Uninstall fdm on Debian 11
To uninstall only the fdm package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove fdm
Uninstall fdm And Its Dependencies
To uninstall fdm and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove fdm
Remove fdm Configurations and Data
To remove fdm configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge fdm
Remove fdm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove fdm configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fdm
Dependencies
fdm have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install fdm package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
