How To Install libecal-1.2-19 on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libecal-1.2-19 on Debian 9.

What is libecal-1.2-19

libecal-1.2-19 is:

Evolution is the integrated mail, calendar, task and address book distributed suite from Novell, Inc.

This package is a client library for evolution calendar.

There are three methods to install libecal-1.2-19 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 libecal-1.2-19 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libecal-1.2-19 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libecal-1.2-19

Install libecal-1.2-19 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libecal-1.2-19 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libecal-1.2-19

Install libecal-1.2-19 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 libecal-1.2-19 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libecal-1.2-19

How To Uninstall libecal-1.2-19 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libecal-1.2-19 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libecal-1.2-19

Uninstall libecal-1.2-19 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libecal-1.2-19 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libecal-1.2-19

Remove libecal-1.2-19 Configurations and Data

To remove libecal-1.2-19 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libecal-1.2-19

Remove libecal-1.2-19 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libecal-1.2-19 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libecal-1.2-19

Dependencies

libecal-1.2-19 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libedataserver-1.2-22
• libglib2.0-0
• libical2

References

• libecal-1.2-19 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libecal-1.2-19 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.