How To Install libmail-imapclient-perl on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmail-imapclient-perl on Debian 10.
What is libmail-imapclient-perl
libmail-imapclient-perl is:
Mail::IMAPClient provides an interface for interacting with Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP). It supports virtually all IMAP client operations as of RFC3501 and is even capable of handling most unknown commands, including non-standard extensions or those which are from a newer version of the IMAP specification.
There are various implementations of IMAP authentication mechanisms. If your mail system uses a different procedure to authenticate users, this feature is extensible through plugins.
There are three methods to install libmail-imapclient-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 libmail-imapclient-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 libmail-imapclient-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmail-imapclient-perl
Install libmail-imapclient-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmail-imapclient-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmail-imapclient-perl
Install libmail-imapclient-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 libmail-imapclient-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmail-imapclient-perl
How To Uninstall libmail-imapclient-perl on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libmail-imapclient-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmail-imapclient-perl
Uninstall libmail-imapclient-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmail-imapclient-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmail-imapclient-perl
Remove libmail-imapclient-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libmail-imapclient-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmail-imapclient-perl
Remove libmail-imapclient-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmail-imapclient-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmail-imapclient-perl
Dependencies
libmail-imapclient-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmail-imapclient-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
