How To Install mail-expire on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mail-expire on Debian 9.
What is mail-expire
mail-expire is:
mail-expire is a small and fast script that scans mbox files for messages that are older than given maximum age and moves them to another (compressed) mailbox file or just deletes them.
There are three methods to install mail-expire 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 mail-expire Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mail-expire using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mail-expire
Install mail-expire Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mail-expire using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mail-expire
Install mail-expire 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 mail-expire using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mail-expire
How To Uninstall mail-expire on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mail-expire package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mail-expire
Uninstall mail-expire And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mail-expire and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mail-expire
Remove mail-expire Configurations and Data
To remove mail-expire configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mail-expire
Remove mail-expire configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mail-expire configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mail-expire
Dependencies
mail-expire have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mail-expire package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.