How To Install libmailtools-perl on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailtools-perl on Debian 10.
What is libmailtools-perl
libmailtools-perl is:
This is a set of perl modules which provide an easy interface to manipulating email in an object-oriented fashion.
There are three methods to install libmailtools-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 libmailtools-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 libmailtools-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmailtools-perl
Install libmailtools-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmailtools-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmailtools-perl
Install libmailtools-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 libmailtools-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmailtools-perl
How To Uninstall libmailtools-perl on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libmailtools-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmailtools-perl
Uninstall libmailtools-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmailtools-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmailtools-perl
Remove libmailtools-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libmailtools-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmailtools-perl
Remove libmailtools-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmailtools-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmailtools-perl
Dependencies
libmailtools-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailtools-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
