How To Install libnet-smtp-ssl-perl on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-smtp-ssl-perl on Debian 9.
What is libnet-smtp-ssl-perl
libnet-smtp-ssl-perl is:
Net::SMTP::SSL implements the same API as Net::SMTP, but uses IO::Socket::SSL for its network operations. Due to the nature of Net::SMTP’s new method, it is not overridden to make use of a default port for the SMTPS service. Perhaps future versions will be smart like that. Port 465 is usually what you want, and it’s not a pain to specify that.
This package is deprecated. Net::SMTP (in perl core) has support for SMTP over SSL, and also for STARTTLS, since version 1.28 (included in Perl 5.22).
There are three methods to install libnet-smtp-ssl-perl 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 libnet-smtp-ssl-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 libnet-smtp-ssl-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libnet-smtp-ssl-perl
Install libnet-smtp-ssl-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libnet-smtp-ssl-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libnet-smtp-ssl-perl
Install libnet-smtp-ssl-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 libnet-smtp-ssl-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libnet-smtp-ssl-perl
How To Uninstall libnet-smtp-ssl-perl on Debian 9
To uninstall only the libnet-smtp-ssl-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libnet-smtp-ssl-perl
Uninstall libnet-smtp-ssl-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libnet-smtp-ssl-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnet-smtp-ssl-perl
Remove libnet-smtp-ssl-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libnet-smtp-ssl-perl configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libnet-smtp-ssl-perl
Remove libnet-smtp-ssl-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libnet-smtp-ssl-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnet-smtp-ssl-perl
Dependencies
libnet-smtp-ssl-perl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnet-smtp-ssl-perl package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.