How To Install uw-mailutils on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install uw-mailutils on Debian 12.
What is uw-mailutils
uw-mailutils is:
IMAP (Internet Message Access Protocol) is a method of accessing electronic messages kept on a (possibly shared) mail server.
The UW (University of Washington) IMAP toolkit provides the c-client mail-handling library supporting various network transport methods, file system storage formats, and authentication and authorization methods.
This package contains helper tools for the libc-client library:
- mailutil: utility program which helps manage email mailboxes (both local and IMAP/POP3/NNTP);
- dmail: MDA (Mail Delivery Agent) for use with procmail;
- tmail: MDA for use with the system mailer (such as Sendmail or Postfix).
There are three methods to install uw-mailutils 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 uw-mailutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install uw-mailutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uw-mailutils
Install uw-mailutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uw-mailutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uw-mailutils
Install uw-mailutils 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 uw-mailutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uw-mailutils
How To Uninstall uw-mailutils on Debian 12
To uninstall only the uw-mailutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uw-mailutils
Uninstall uw-mailutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uw-mailutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uw-mailutils
Remove uw-mailutils Configurations and Data
To remove uw-mailutils configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uw-mailutils
Remove uw-mailutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uw-mailutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uw-mailutils
Dependencies
uw-mailutils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uw-mailutils package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
