How To Install akonadi-backend-postgresql on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install akonadi-backend-postgresql on Debian 10.
What is akonadi-backend-postgresql
akonadi-backend-postgresql is:
Akonadi is an extensible cross-desktop Personal Information Management (PIM) storage service. It provides a common framework for applications to store and access mail, calendars, addressbooks, and other PIM data.
This package installs everything what’s needed for Akonadi to work with PostgreSQL as underlying data storage engine. By default, a local PostgreSQL server instance will be started for each user. Alternatively, connection to an external PostgreSQL database is supported as well.
There are three methods to install akonadi-backend-postgresql 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 akonadi-backend-postgresql Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install akonadi-backend-postgresql using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install akonadi-backend-postgresql
Install akonadi-backend-postgresql Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install akonadi-backend-postgresql using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install akonadi-backend-postgresql
Install akonadi-backend-postgresql 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 akonadi-backend-postgresql using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install akonadi-backend-postgresql
How To Uninstall akonadi-backend-postgresql on Debian 10
To uninstall only the akonadi-backend-postgresql package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove akonadi-backend-postgresql
Uninstall akonadi-backend-postgresql And Its Dependencies
To uninstall akonadi-backend-postgresql and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove akonadi-backend-postgresql
Remove akonadi-backend-postgresql Configurations and Data
To remove akonadi-backend-postgresql configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge akonadi-backend-postgresql
Remove akonadi-backend-postgresql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove akonadi-backend-postgresql configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge akonadi-backend-postgresql
Dependencies
akonadi-backend-postgresql have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install akonadi-backend-postgresql package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.