How To Install mmh on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mmh
on Debian 10.
What is mmh
mmh is:
This is the mmh mail user agent (reader/sender), a command-line based mail reader that is powerful and extensible. mmh is an excellent choice for people who receive and process a lot of mail.
Unlike most mail user agents, mmh is not a single program, rather it is a set of programs that are run from the shell. This allows the user to utilize the full power of the Unix shell in coordination with mmh.
Mmh is a modified version of the electronic mail handling system nmh. Nmh (new MH) itself was originally based on the package MH-6.8.3, and was intended to be a (mostly) compatible drop-in replacement for MH. In contrast, mmh is not intended to be a drop-in replacement for nmh, rather mmh breaks compatibility to nmh in order to modernize and simplify it.
There are three methods to install mmh
on Debian 10. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mmh Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install mmh
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install mmh Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install mmh
using apt
by running the following command:
Install mmh 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.
After updating apt database, We can install mmh
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall mmh on Debian 10
To uninstall only the mmh
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall mmh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mmh
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
Remove mmh Configurations and Data
To remove mmh
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
Remove mmh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mmh
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
mmh have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mmh
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.