How To Install evolution-data-server on Debian 10

Learn how to install evolution-data-server on Debian 10 with this tutorial. evolution-data-server is evolution database backend server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install evolution-data-server on Debian 10.

What is evolution-data-server

evolution-data-server is:

The data server, called “Evolution Data Server” is responsible for managing mail, calendar, addressbook, tasks and memo information.

There are three methods to install evolution-data-server 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 evolution-data-server Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install evolution-data-server

Install evolution-data-server Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install evolution-data-server using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install evolution-data-server

Install evolution-data-server 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 evolution-data-server using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install evolution-data-server

How To Uninstall evolution-data-server on Debian 10

To uninstall only the evolution-data-server package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove evolution-data-server

Uninstall evolution-data-server And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove evolution-data-server

Remove evolution-data-server Configurations and Data

To remove evolution-data-server configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge evolution-data-server

Remove evolution-data-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge evolution-data-server

Dependencies

evolution-data-server have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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