How To Install mailman3-full on Debian 12

Learn how to install mailman3-full on Debian 12 with this tutorial. mailman3-full is Full Mailman3 mailing list management suite (metapackage)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mailman3-full on Debian 12.

What is mailman3-full

mailman3-full is:

This is GNU Mailman, a mailing list management system. This metapackage depends on all components of the full Mailman3 suite:

  • mailman3: The core Mailman3 delivery engine
  • mailman3-web: Django project integrating Mailman3 postorius and hyperkitty
  • python3-mailman-hyperkitty: Mailman3 server plugin for Hyperkitty archiver

There are three methods to install mailman3-full on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install mailman3-full Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mailman3-full using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mailman3-full

Install mailman3-full Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mailman3-full using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mailman3-full

Install mailman3-full 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 mailman3-full using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mailman3-full

How To Uninstall mailman3-full on Debian 12

To uninstall only the mailman3-full package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mailman3-full

Uninstall mailman3-full And Its Dependencies

To uninstall mailman3-full and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailman3-full

Remove mailman3-full Configurations and Data

To remove mailman3-full configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mailman3-full

Remove mailman3-full configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove mailman3-full configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailman3-full

Dependencies

mailman3-full have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install mailman3-full package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.