How To Install mailutils-mh on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailutils-mh on Debian 12.
What is mailutils-mh
mailutils-mh 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 the GNU mailutils MH utilities. It is an implementation of MH, a collection of small shell programs to read and handle mail in a very flexible way.
There are three methods to install mailutils-mh 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-mh 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-mh using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mailutils-mh
Install mailutils-mh Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mailutils-mh using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mailutils-mh
Install mailutils-mh 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-mh using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mailutils-mh
How To Uninstall mailutils-mh on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mailutils-mh package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mailutils-mh
Uninstall mailutils-mh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mailutils-mh and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailutils-mh
Remove mailutils-mh Configurations and Data
To remove mailutils-mh configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mailutils-mh
Remove mailutils-mh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mailutils-mh configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailutils-mh
Dependencies
mailutils-mh have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailutils-mh package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.