How To Install exim4-dev on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install exim4-dev
on Debian 9.
What is exim4-dev
exim4-dev is:
Exim (v4) is a mail transport agent. This package contains header files that can be used to compile code that is then dynamically linked to exim’s local_scan interface.
The Debian exim4 packages have their own web page, http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4. There is also a Debian-specific FAQ list. Information about the way the Debian packages are configured can be found in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz, which additionally contains information about the way the Debian binary packages are built. The very extensive upstream documentation is shipped in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/spec.txt.gz. To repeat the debconf-driven configuration process in a standard setup, invoke dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config. There is a Debian-centered mailing list, [email protected]. Please ask Debian-specific questions there, and only write to the upstream exim-users mailing list if you are sure that your question is not Debian-specific. You can find the subscription web page on http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-exim4-users
There are three methods to install exim4-dev
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 exim4-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install exim4-dev
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install exim4-dev
Install exim4-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install exim4-dev
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install exim4-dev
Install exim4-dev 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 exim4-dev
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install exim4-dev
How To Uninstall exim4-dev on Debian 9
To uninstall only the exim4-dev
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove exim4-dev
Uninstall exim4-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall exim4-dev
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove exim4-dev
Remove exim4-dev Configurations and Data
To remove exim4-dev
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge exim4-dev
Remove exim4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove exim4-dev
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exim4-dev
Dependencies
exim4-dev have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install exim4-dev
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.