How To Install mh-book on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mh-book on Debian 9.
What is mh-book
mh-book is:
This is the book written by Jerry Peek and published by O’Reilly & Associates, Inc. This book covers MH, nmh, and several interfaces to MH including xmh and exmh. MH-E is now documented separately.
This manual is also visible at http://rand-mh.sourceforge.net/book/
There are three methods to install mh-book on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mh-book Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mh-book using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mh-book
Install mh-book Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mh-book using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mh-book
Install mh-book 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 mh-book using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mh-book
How To Uninstall mh-book on Debian 9
To uninstall only the mh-book package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mh-book
Uninstall mh-book And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mh-book and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mh-book
Remove mh-book Configurations and Data
To remove mh-book configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mh-book
Remove mh-book configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mh-book configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mh-book
Dependencies
mh-book have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mh-book package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.