How To Install tnef on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install tnef
on Debian 11.
What is tnef
tnef is:
TNEF is a program for unpacking MIME attachments of type “application/ms-tnef”. This is typically a Microsoft only attachment.
The TNEF program allows one to unpack the attachments which were encapsulated into the TNEF attachment, thus alleviating the need to use Microsoft Outlook to view the attachment.
There are three methods to install tnef
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 tnef Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install tnef
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install tnef Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install tnef
using apt
by running the following command:
Install tnef 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 tnef
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall tnef on Debian 11
To uninstall only the tnef
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall tnef And Its Dependencies
To uninstall tnef
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
Remove tnef Configurations and Data
To remove tnef
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
Remove tnef configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove tnef
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
tnef have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install tnef
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.