How To Install mailutils-pop3d on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailutils-pop3d on Debian 12.
What is mailutils-pop3d
mailutils-pop3d is:
GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.
The GNU mailutils POP3 daemon supports the basic POP3 protocol with the CAPA, RESP-CODES, PIPELINING and UIDL extensions. It also supports APOP authentication. The user credentials for APOP can be stored in a variety of DBM formats. It is able to get the authentication information from the system user database as well as from a SQL database of arbitrary structure. The PAM framework can also be used for authentication purposes. Additionally, mailutils pop3d supports virtual mail domains and has TLS support via GNUtls. GNU mailutils supports the mbox, MH, Maildir and dotmail mailbox formats.
There are three methods to install mailutils-pop3d 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-pop3d 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-pop3d using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mailutils-pop3d
Install mailutils-pop3d Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mailutils-pop3d using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mailutils-pop3d
Install mailutils-pop3d 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-pop3d using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mailutils-pop3d
How To Uninstall mailutils-pop3d on Debian 12
To uninstall only the mailutils-pop3d package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mailutils-pop3d
Uninstall mailutils-pop3d And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mailutils-pop3d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailutils-pop3d
Remove mailutils-pop3d Configurations and Data
To remove mailutils-pop3d configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mailutils-pop3d
Remove mailutils-pop3d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mailutils-pop3d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailutils-pop3d
Dependencies
mailutils-pop3d have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailutils-pop3d package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
