icedove-dev software package provides Development files for Icedove, you can install in your Debian 9 (Stretch) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install icedove-dev
icedove-dev is installed in your system.
Make ensure the icedove-dev package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep icedove-dev *
You will get with icedove-dev package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 9 stretch |
| Section | |
| Package | icedove-dev |
| Version | 1:45.4.0-1 |
| Description | Development files for Icedove |
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