How To Install ax25mail-utils on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ax25mail-utils on Debian 9.
What is ax25mail-utils
ax25mail-utils is:
This package provides utilities to download a message list or messages from a fbb AX.25 bbs:
- axgetlist - read the message list from the BBS
- axgetmail - automatically download messages from the F6FBB BBS
- axgetmsg - download selected messages from F6FBB BBS
- home_bbs - find home BBS or force a home BBS for the callsign
- msgcleanup - delete the messages with their lifetime exceeded
- ulistd - collect FBB BBS messages list sent via unproto frames
- update_routes - update the database of BBS and callsigns
There are three methods to install ax25mail-utils 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 ax25mail-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ax25mail-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ax25mail-utils
Install ax25mail-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ax25mail-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ax25mail-utils
Install ax25mail-utils 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 ax25mail-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ax25mail-utils
How To Uninstall ax25mail-utils on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ax25mail-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ax25mail-utils
Uninstall ax25mail-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ax25mail-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ax25mail-utils
Remove ax25mail-utils Configurations and Data
To remove ax25mail-utils configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ax25mail-utils
Remove ax25mail-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ax25mail-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ax25mail-utils
Dependencies
ax25mail-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ax25mail-utils package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.