How To Install libmailutils5 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils5 on Debian 9.
What is libmailutils5
libmailutils5 is:
GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.
This is GNU’s Mail abstraction library. This library allows programs to hook into a single library for many different types of mail backends. The following backend stores are currently provided: mbox, mh, maildir, pop3, imap4.
There are three methods to install libmailutils5 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 libmailutils5 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmailutils5 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmailutils5
Install libmailutils5 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmailutils5 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmailutils5
Install libmailutils5 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 libmailutils5 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmailutils5
How To Uninstall libmailutils5 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libmailutils5 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmailutils5
Uninstall libmailutils5 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmailutils5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmailutils5
Remove libmailutils5 Configurations and Data
To remove libmailutils5 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmailutils5
Remove libmailutils5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmailutils5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmailutils5
Dependencies
libmailutils5 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils5 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.