How To Install chewmail on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install chewmail on Debian 10.
What is chewmail
chewmail is:
chewmail is a Perl-based mail archiver. It uses Mail::Box so supports any mailbox format it does. It can filter messages into mbox’s based on the message’s date and other criteria.
There are three methods to install chewmail 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 chewmail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install chewmail using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install chewmail
Install chewmail Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install chewmail using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install chewmail
Install chewmail 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 chewmail using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install chewmail
How To Uninstall chewmail on Debian 10
To uninstall only the chewmail package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove chewmail
Uninstall chewmail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall chewmail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove chewmail
Remove chewmail Configurations and Data
To remove chewmail configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge chewmail
Remove chewmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove chewmail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chewmail
Dependencies
chewmail have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install chewmail package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.