How To Install alot on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install alot on Debian 9.
What is alot
alot is:
Alot is a text mode mail user agent for the notmuch mail system. It features a modular and command prompt driven interface to provide a full MUA experience as an alternative to the Emacs and Vim modes shipped with notmuch.
There are three methods to install alot on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install alot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install alot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install alot
Install alot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install alot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install alot
Install alot 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 alot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install alot
How To Uninstall alot on Debian 9
To uninstall only the alot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove alot
Uninstall alot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall alot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove alot
Remove alot Configurations and Data
To remove alot configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge alot
Remove alot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove alot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alot
Dependencies
alot have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install alot package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.