How To Install mailnag on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailnag on Debian 11.
What is mailnag
mailnag is:
Mailnag is a daemon program that checks POP3 and IMAP servers for new mail. On mail arrival it performs various actions provided by plugins. Mailnag comes with a set of desktop-independent default plugins for visual/sound notifications, script execution etc. and can be extended with additional plugins easily.
There are three methods to install mailnag 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 mailnag Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mailnag using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mailnag
Install mailnag Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mailnag using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mailnag
Install mailnag 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 mailnag using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mailnag
How To Uninstall mailnag on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mailnag package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mailnag
Uninstall mailnag And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mailnag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailnag
Remove mailnag Configurations and Data
To remove mailnag configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mailnag
Remove mailnag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mailnag configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailnag
Dependencies
mailnag have the following dependencies:
- gir1.2-glib-2.0
- gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0
- gir1.2-gtk-3.0
- gir1.2-notify-0.7
- gir1.2-secret-1
- python3-dbus
- python3-gi
- python3-xdg
- python3
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailnag package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.