How To Install muttprofile on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install muttprofile on Debian 11. muttprofile is utility to choose profiles in Mutt

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install muttprofile on Debian 11.

What is muttprofile

muttprofile is:

A profile in Mutt is simply a specific subset of the configuration. You may have a personal and a work profile, each of which uses the same base configuration and then overrides specific configuration items like the email address.

muttprofile gives an easy way to switch between such profiles from within a running instance of Mutt. Quite simple and quite beautiful, and implemented in perl.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install muttprofile

Install muttprofile Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install muttprofile

Install muttprofile 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 muttprofile using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install muttprofile

How To Uninstall muttprofile on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove muttprofile

Uninstall muttprofile And Its Dependencies

To uninstall muttprofile and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove muttprofile

Remove muttprofile Configurations and Data

To remove muttprofile configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge muttprofile

Remove muttprofile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge muttprofile

Dependencies

muttprofile have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install muttprofile package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.