How To Install mailutils-common on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailutils-common on Debian 11.
What is mailutils-common
mailutils-common is:
GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.
These are common files for all mailutils packages, including locale files.
There are three methods to install mailutils-common 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 mailutils-common Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mailutils-common using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mailutils-common
Install mailutils-common Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mailutils-common using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mailutils-common
Install mailutils-common 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 mailutils-common using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mailutils-common
How To Uninstall mailutils-common on Debian 11
To uninstall only the mailutils-common package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mailutils-common
Uninstall mailutils-common And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mailutils-common and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailutils-common
Remove mailutils-common Configurations and Data
To remove mailutils-common configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mailutils-common
Remove mailutils-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mailutils-common configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailutils-common
Dependencies
mailutils-common have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailutils-common package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
