How To Install lurker on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lurker on Debian 9.
What is lurker
lurker is:
lurker is an archiver which can handle extremely large amounts of email. It is fast, intuitive, and customisable.
lurker archives your mailing lists and imports new mail. It includes many features like powerful fast search engine, chronological threading, file attachment support, multi-lingual support, completely customisable output etc.
There are three methods to install lurker 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 lurker Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lurker using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lurker
Install lurker Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lurker using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lurker
Install lurker 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 lurker using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lurker
How To Uninstall lurker on Debian 9
To uninstall only the lurker package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lurker
Uninstall lurker And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lurker and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lurker
Remove lurker Configurations and Data
To remove lurker configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lurker
Remove lurker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lurker configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lurker
Dependencies
lurker have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lurker package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.