How To Install icedove on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install icedove on Debian 9. icedove is mail/news client with RSS and integrated spam filter support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install icedove on Debian 9.

What is icedove

icedove is:

Icedove is an unbranded Thunderbird mail client suitable for free distribution. It supports different mail accounts (POP, IMAP, Gmail), has an integrated learning Spam filter, and offers easy organization of mails with tagging and virtual folders. Also, more features can be added by installing extensions.

The goal of Icedove is to produce a cross platform standalone mail application using the XUL user interface language.

This is a transitional package. It can be safely removed.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install icedove

Install icedove Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install icedove

Install icedove 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 icedove using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install icedove

How To Uninstall icedove on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove icedove

Uninstall icedove And Its Dependencies

To uninstall icedove and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove icedove

Remove icedove Configurations and Data

To remove icedove configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge icedove

Remove icedove configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge icedove

Dependencies

icedove have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install icedove package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.