How To Install inn2-inews on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install inn2-inews on Debian 10.
What is inn2-inews
inn2-inews is:
‘inews’ is the program that newsreaders call when the user wishes to post an article; it does a few elementary checks and passes the article on to the news server for posting.
This version is the one from Rich Salz’s InterNetNews news transport system (which is also available as a Debian package).
There are three methods to install inn2-inews 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 inn2-inews Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install inn2-inews using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install inn2-inews
Install inn2-inews Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install inn2-inews using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install inn2-inews
Install inn2-inews 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 inn2-inews using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install inn2-inews
How To Uninstall inn2-inews on Debian 10
To uninstall only the inn2-inews package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove inn2-inews
Uninstall inn2-inews And Its Dependencies
To uninstall inn2-inews and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove inn2-inews
Remove inn2-inews Configurations and Data
To remove inn2-inews configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge inn2-inews
Remove inn2-inews configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove inn2-inews configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge inn2-inews
Dependencies
inn2-inews have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install inn2-inews package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
