How To Install buffy on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install buffy on Debian 9. buffy is Heavy duty browser for mail folders

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install buffy on Debian 9.

What is buffy

buffy is:

Buffy is a program that displays a compact summary of your mail folders, and allows to invoke a command (usually a mail reader) on them. It is written with the intent of being a handy everyday tool for people handling large volumes of mail. For mutt users, this can be a nice front-end to supplement the simple built-in folder browser when one has many folders to keep track of.

Buffy tries hard to work out of the box: it looks for mail folders in sensible places and comes with reasonable defaults.

The program is functional but still very young, and only Maildir and Mailbox format are supported at the moment.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install buffy

Install buffy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install buffy

Install buffy 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 buffy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install buffy

How To Uninstall buffy on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove buffy

Uninstall buffy And Its Dependencies

To uninstall buffy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove buffy

Remove buffy Configurations and Data

To remove buffy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge buffy

Remove buffy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge buffy

Dependencies

buffy have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install buffy package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.