How To Install libmailutils9 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils9 on Debian 12.
What is libmailutils9
libmailutils9 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, dotmail, pop3, imap4.
There are three methods to install libmailutils9 on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmailutils9 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmailutils9 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmailutils9
Install libmailutils9 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmailutils9 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmailutils9
Install libmailutils9 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 libmailutils9 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmailutils9
How To Uninstall libmailutils9 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the libmailutils9 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmailutils9
Uninstall libmailutils9 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmailutils9 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmailutils9
Remove libmailutils9 Configurations and Data
To remove libmailutils9 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmailutils9
Remove libmailutils9 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmailutils9 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmailutils9
Dependencies
libmailutils9 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils9 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
