How To Install elida on Debian 10

Learn how to install elida on Debian 10 with this tutorial. elida is pbuilder mail interface

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install elida on Debian 10.

What is elida

elida is:

elida accepts the URL of a .dsc file from the subject of a email message and downloads the rest of the files of the corresponding Debian source package. If there is a previous version in Debian, a diff between the old and new source packages is reported. It then runs pbuilder, piuparts, and lintian. The reports are compressed and emailed back to the user.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install elida

Install elida Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install elida

Install elida 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 elida using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install elida

How To Uninstall elida on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove elida

Uninstall elida And Its Dependencies

To uninstall elida and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove elida

Remove elida Configurations and Data

To remove elida configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge elida

Remove elida configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge elida

Dependencies

elida have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install elida package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.