How To Install mailutils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailutils on Debian 12.
What is mailutils
mailutils is:
GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.
This package contains the GNU mailutils versions of dotlock, frm, from, mail, messages, mimeview, movemail, readmsg and sieve. They are capable of speaking POP3, IMAP, mbox, MH, Maildir and dotmail.
dotlock – lock mail spool files. frm – display From: lines. from – display from and subject. mail – the standard /bin/mail interface, mail sender and reader. messages – count the number of messages in a mailbox. mimeview – display files, using mailcap mechanism. movemail – move messages across mailboxes. readmsg – extract selected messages from a mailbox. sieve – a mail filtering tool.
There are three methods to install mailutils 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 mailutils 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mailutils
Install mailutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mailutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mailutils
Install mailutils 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mailutils
How To Uninstall mailutils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mailutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mailutils
Uninstall mailutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mailutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailutils
Remove mailutils Configurations and Data
To remove mailutils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mailutils
Remove mailutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mailutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailutils
Dependencies
mailutils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailutils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.