How To Install kuvert on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install kuvert on Debian 9.
What is kuvert
kuvert is:
kuvert automatically signs and/or encrypts outgoing mail using the PGP/MIME standard (RFC3156), based on the availability of the recipient’s key in your keyring. Other than similar wrappers, kuvert does not store key passphrases itself, ever. kuvert works as a wrapper around your MTA but can be fed mails via SMTP, too.
There are three methods to install kuvert 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 kuvert Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install kuvert using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install kuvert
Install kuvert Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install kuvert using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install kuvert
Install kuvert 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 kuvert using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install kuvert
How To Uninstall kuvert on Debian 9
To uninstall only the kuvert package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove kuvert
Uninstall kuvert And Its Dependencies
To uninstall kuvert and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove kuvert
Remove kuvert Configurations and Data
To remove kuvert configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge kuvert
Remove kuvert configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove kuvert configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kuvert
Dependencies
kuvert have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- gnupg
- sendmail
- libnet-smtps-perl
- perl
- libmailtools-perl
- libmime-tools-perl
- libfile-slurp-perl
- libnet-server-mail-perl
- libauthen-sasl-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install kuvert package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.