How To Install libemail-address-xs-perl on Debian 10

Learn how to install libemail-address-xs-perl on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libemail-address-xs-perl is Perl library for RFC 5322 address/group parsing and formatting

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libemail-address-xs-perl on Debian 10.

What is libemail-address-xs-perl

libemail-address-xs-perl is:

Email::Address::XS implements RFC 5322 parser and formatter of email addresses and groups. It parses an input string from email headers which contain a list of email addresses or a groups of email addresses (like From, To, Cc, Bcc, Reply-To, Sender, …). Also it can generate a string value for those headers from a list of email addresses objects.

Parser and formatter functionality is implemented in XS and uses shared code from Dovecot IMAP server.

It is a drop-in replacement for the Email::Address module.

There are three methods to install libemail-address-xs-perl 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 libemail-address-xs-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libemail-address-xs-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libemail-address-xs-perl

Install libemail-address-xs-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libemail-address-xs-perl using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libemail-address-xs-perl

Install libemail-address-xs-perl 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 libemail-address-xs-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libemail-address-xs-perl

How To Uninstall libemail-address-xs-perl on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libemail-address-xs-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libemail-address-xs-perl

Uninstall libemail-address-xs-perl And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libemail-address-xs-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libemail-address-xs-perl

Remove libemail-address-xs-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libemail-address-xs-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libemail-address-xs-perl

Remove libemail-address-xs-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libemail-address-xs-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libemail-address-xs-perl

Dependencies

libemail-address-xs-perl have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libemail-address-xs-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.