How To Install multimail on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install multimail on Debian 9.
What is multimail
multimail is:
MultiMail is an offline mail packet reader for Unix and other systems. It currently supports the Blue Wave, QWK, OMEN and SOUP formats. It has a full screen, color user interface, built with the curses library.
There are three methods to install multimail 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 multimail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install multimail using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install multimail
Install multimail Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install multimail using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install multimail
Install multimail 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 multimail using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install multimail
How To Uninstall multimail on Debian 9
To uninstall only the multimail package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove multimail
Uninstall multimail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall multimail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove multimail
Remove multimail Configurations and Data
To remove multimail configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge multimail
Remove multimail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove multimail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge multimail
Dependencies
multimail have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install multimail package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.