How To Install cyrus-nntpd on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-nntpd on Debian 9.
What is cyrus-nntpd
cyrus-nntpd is:
This package contains the NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) portion of the Cyrus IMAPd suite.
For more information, please see the cyrus-common package.
There are three methods to install cyrus-nntpd 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 cyrus-nntpd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cyrus-nntpd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cyrus-nntpd
Install cyrus-nntpd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cyrus-nntpd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cyrus-nntpd
Install cyrus-nntpd 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 cyrus-nntpd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cyrus-nntpd
How To Uninstall cyrus-nntpd on Debian 9
To uninstall only the cyrus-nntpd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cyrus-nntpd
Uninstall cyrus-nntpd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cyrus-nntpd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cyrus-nntpd
Remove cyrus-nntpd Configurations and Data
To remove cyrus-nntpd configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cyrus-nntpd
Remove cyrus-nntpd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cyrus-nntpd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cyrus-nntpd
Dependencies
cyrus-nntpd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-nntpd package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.