How To Install python3-sievelib on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sievelib
on Debian 12.
What is python3-sievelib
python3-sievelib is:
Client-side Sieve and Managesieve library written in Python.
Sieve: Currently, the provided parser supports most of the functionalities described in RFC 5228. The only exception concerns section 2.4.2.4. Encoding Characters using “encoded-character” which is not supported. The following Sieve extensions are also supported:
- Date and Index (RFC 5260)
- Vacation (RFC 5230)
ManageSieve: All mandatory commands are supported. The RENAME extension is supported, with a simulated behaviour for server that do not support it. For the AUTHENTICATE command, supported mechanisms are DIGEST-MD5, PLAIN and LOGIN.
This package contains the Python 3 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python3-sievelib
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 python3-sievelib Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-sievelib
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-sievelib
Install python3-sievelib Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-sievelib
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-sievelib
Install python3-sievelib 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 python3-sievelib
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-sievelib
How To Uninstall python3-sievelib on Debian 12
To uninstall only the python3-sievelib
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-sievelib
Uninstall python3-sievelib And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-sievelib
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-sievelib
Remove python3-sievelib Configurations and Data
To remove python3-sievelib
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-sievelib
Remove python3-sievelib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-sievelib
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-sievelib
Dependencies
python3-sievelib have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-sievelib
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.