How To Install maildir-utils on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install maildir-utils on Debian 10.
What is maildir-utils
maildir-utils is:
mu is a set of utilities to deal with Maildirs, specifically, indexing and searching.
- mu index - recursively scans a collection of email messages, and stores information found in a database.
- mu find - searches for messages based on some search criteria.
- mu mkmdir - creates a new Maildir.
mu uses libgmime2 to parse the message, and Xapian to store the message data.
There are three methods to install maildir-utils 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 maildir-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install maildir-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install maildir-utils
Install maildir-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install maildir-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install maildir-utils
Install maildir-utils 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 maildir-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install maildir-utils
How To Uninstall maildir-utils on Debian 10
To uninstall only the maildir-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove maildir-utils
Uninstall maildir-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall maildir-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove maildir-utils
Remove maildir-utils Configurations and Data
To remove maildir-utils configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge maildir-utils
Remove maildir-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove maildir-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge maildir-utils
Dependencies
maildir-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maildir-utils package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
