How To Install muttprint on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install muttprint on Debian 11. muttprint is Pretty printing of mails

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install muttprint on Debian 11.

What is muttprint

muttprint is:

Muttprint formats the printing of Mutt and other mail clients to be as pretty as the printing of Mozilla or Kmail.

It can print a little penguin – or the Debian logo – on the first page (suitable pictures can be found in the ospics package) and a headline on every page. Furthermore, it only prints the most important headers, but not the whole plethora of them. Finally, it can even print two pages on one page in landscape format.

There are three methods to install muttprint on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install muttprint Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install muttprint using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install muttprint

Install muttprint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install muttprint using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install muttprint

Install muttprint 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 muttprint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install muttprint

How To Uninstall muttprint on Debian 11

To uninstall only the muttprint package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove muttprint

Uninstall muttprint And Its Dependencies

To uninstall muttprint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove muttprint

Remove muttprint Configurations and Data

To remove muttprint configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge muttprint

Remove muttprint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove muttprint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge muttprint

Dependencies

muttprint have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install muttprint package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.