How To Install im on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install im on Debian 9.
What is im
im is:
IM (Internet Message) provides a series of user interface commands (imput, imget, imls, …) and backend Perl5 modules to integrate E-mail and NetNews user interface. They are designed to be used both from Mew version 1.x and on command line.
The folder style for IM is exactly the same as that of MH. So, you can replace MH with this package without any migration works. Moreover, you are able to operate your messages both by IM and MH with consistent manner.
Mail/news messages are dispatched by way of SMTP/NNTP and are retrieved from local mailbox (mbox file, Maildir, MMDF file, MH folder), POP3 server (plain password, APOP), IMAP server, or NNTP server.
There are three methods to install im 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 im Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install im using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install im
Install im Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install im using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install im
Install im 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 im using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install im
How To Uninstall im on Debian 9
To uninstall only the im package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove im
Uninstall im And Its Dependencies
To uninstall im and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove im
Remove im Configurations and Data
To remove im configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge im
Remove im configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove im configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge im
Dependencies
im have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install im package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.