How To Install libmime-tools-perl on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmime-tools-perl on Debian 10.
What is libmime-tools-perl
libmime-tools-perl is:
This package provides the MIME-tools modules. MIME::Tools is a collection of Perl5 MIME:: modules for parsing, decoding, and generating single- or multipart (even nested multipart) MIME messages.
There are three methods to install libmime-tools-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 libmime-tools-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 libmime-tools-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmime-tools-perl
Install libmime-tools-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmime-tools-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmime-tools-perl
Install libmime-tools-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 libmime-tools-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmime-tools-perl
How To Uninstall libmime-tools-perl on Debian 10
To uninstall only the libmime-tools-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmime-tools-perl
Uninstall libmime-tools-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmime-tools-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmime-tools-perl
Remove libmime-tools-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libmime-tools-perl configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmime-tools-perl
Remove libmime-tools-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmime-tools-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmime-tools-perl
Dependencies
libmime-tools-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmime-tools-perl package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
