How To Install claws-mail-tnef-parser on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-tnef-parser on Debian 9.
What is claws-mail-tnef-parser
claws-mail-tnef-parser is:
This plugin for Claws Mail allows reading of application/ms-tnef attachments. These attachments usually come from Microsoft mailers with the name ‘winmail.dat’.
There are three methods to install claws-mail-tnef-parser 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 claws-mail-tnef-parser Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-tnef-parser using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail-tnef-parser
Install claws-mail-tnef-parser Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-tnef-parser using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install claws-mail-tnef-parser
Install claws-mail-tnef-parser 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 claws-mail-tnef-parser using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-tnef-parser
How To Uninstall claws-mail-tnef-parser on Debian 9
To uninstall only the claws-mail-tnef-parser package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-tnef-parser
Uninstall claws-mail-tnef-parser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall claws-mail-tnef-parser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove claws-mail-tnef-parser
Remove claws-mail-tnef-parser Configurations and Data
To remove claws-mail-tnef-parser configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail-tnef-parser
Remove claws-mail-tnef-parser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove claws-mail-tnef-parser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge claws-mail-tnef-parser
Dependencies
claws-mail-tnef-parser have the following dependencies:
- libatk1.0-0
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libdb5.3
- libetpan17
- libfontconfig1
- libfreetype6
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnutls30
- libgtk2.0-0
- liblockfile1
- libpango-1.0-0
- libpangocairo-1.0-0
- libpangoft2-1.0-0
- libsasl2-2
- zlib1g
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-tnef-parser package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.