How To Install sendemail on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sendemail on Debian 11.
What is sendemail
SendEmail is a lightweight, completely command line based, SMTP email agent. It was designed to be used in bash scripts, Perl programs, and web sites, but it is also quite useful in many other contexts. . SendEmail is written in Perl and is unique in that it requires no special modules. It has a straight forward interface, making it very easy to use.
There are three ways to install sendemail 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 sendemail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sendemail using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sendemail
Install sendemail Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sendemail using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sendemail
Install sendemail 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 sendemail using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sendemail
How To Uninstall sendemail on Debian 11
To uninstall only the sendemail package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sendemail
Uninstall sendemail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sendemail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sendemail
Remove sendemail Configurations and Data
To remove sendemail configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sendemail
Remove sendemail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sendemail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sendemail
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sendemail on Debian 11 using different package management tools like apt, apt-get and aptitude.