How To Install courier-authlib-pipe on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-authlib-pipe on Debian 12.
What is courier-authlib-pipe
courier-authlib-pipe is:
This package contains external authentication support via pipes for the Courier authentication library. The authpipe module is a generic plugin that enables authentication requests to be serviced by an external program, then communicates through messages on stdin and stdout.
There are three methods to install courier-authlib-pipe on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install courier-authlib-pipe Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install courier-authlib-pipe using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install courier-authlib-pipe
Install courier-authlib-pipe Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install courier-authlib-pipe using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install courier-authlib-pipe
Install courier-authlib-pipe 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 courier-authlib-pipe using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install courier-authlib-pipe
How To Uninstall courier-authlib-pipe on Debian 12
To uninstall only the courier-authlib-pipe package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove courier-authlib-pipe
Uninstall courier-authlib-pipe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall courier-authlib-pipe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove courier-authlib-pipe
Remove courier-authlib-pipe Configurations and Data
To remove courier-authlib-pipe configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge courier-authlib-pipe
Remove courier-authlib-pipe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove courier-authlib-pipe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge courier-authlib-pipe
Dependencies
courier-authlib-pipe have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-authlib-pipe package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.