How To Install mailcap on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailcap on Debian 11.
What is mailcap
mailcap is:
The mailcap system associates media types with programs that can handle them, using system and user configuration files. A file’s media type is determined by its extension or by running the “file” command if available.
Other packages register their programs as viewers/editors/composers/etc by placing mailcap entry files or FreeDesktop menu entries in predetermined directories monitored by this package’s dpkg triggers.
This package provides a “run-mailcap” program to open arbitrary files, and in addition the “see”, “edit”, “compose”, and “print” aliases to display, alter, create, and print (respectively).
This package also provides the “debian-view” utility to handle Debian packages interactively.
There are three methods to install mailcap on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mailcap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mailcap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mailcap
Install mailcap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mailcap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mailcap
Install mailcap 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 mailcap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mailcap
How To Uninstall mailcap on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mailcap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mailcap
Uninstall mailcap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mailcap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailcap
Remove mailcap Configurations and Data
To remove mailcap configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mailcap
Remove mailcap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mailcap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailcap
Dependencies
mailcap have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailcap package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.