How To Install libesmtp6 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libesmtp6 on Debian 9.
What is libesmtp6
libesmtp6 is:
LibESMTP is a library to manage posting (or submission of) electronic mail using SMTP to a preconfigured Mail Transport Agent (MTA) such as Exim. It may be used as part of a Mail User Agent (MUA) or another program that must be able to post electronic mail but where mail functionality is not the program’s primary purpose.
There are three methods to install libesmtp6 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 libesmtp6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libesmtp6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libesmtp6
Install libesmtp6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libesmtp6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libesmtp6
Install libesmtp6 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 libesmtp6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libesmtp6
How To Uninstall libesmtp6 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libesmtp6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libesmtp6
Uninstall libesmtp6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libesmtp6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libesmtp6
Remove libesmtp6 Configurations and Data
To remove libesmtp6 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libesmtp6
Remove libesmtp6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libesmtp6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libesmtp6
Dependencies
libesmtp6 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libesmtp6 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.