How To Install gnubiff on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnubiff on Debian 9.
What is gnubiff
gnubiff is:
gnubiff checks for mail within a file, a qmail or MH style dir, or an IMAP4 or POP3 or APOP server. It can display headers (number, sender, subject, and date) when new mail has arrived.
While gnubiff is implemented as a GNOME panel applet, it also runs as an independent icon on the desktop in other environments.
There are three methods to install gnubiff 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 gnubiff Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnubiff using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnubiff
Install gnubiff Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnubiff using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnubiff
Install gnubiff 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 gnubiff using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnubiff
How To Uninstall gnubiff on Debian 9
To uninstall only the gnubiff package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnubiff
Uninstall gnubiff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnubiff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnubiff
Remove gnubiff Configurations and Data
To remove gnubiff configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnubiff
Remove gnubiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnubiff configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnubiff
Dependencies
gnubiff have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnubiff package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.