How To Install libmailutils8 on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils8 on Ubuntu.
What is libmailutils8
libmailutils8 is:
GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.
This is GNU’s Mail abstraction library. This library allows programs to hook into a single library for many different types of mail backends. The following backend stores are currently provided: mbox, mh, maildir, dotmail, pop3, imap4.
There are three methods to install libmailutils8 on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmailutils8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmailutils8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmailutils8
Install libmailutils8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmailutils8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmailutils8
Install libmailutils8 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install libmailutils8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmailutils8
How To Uninstall libmailutils8 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libmailutils8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmailutils8
Uninstall libmailutils8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmailutils8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmailutils8
Remove libmailutils8 Configurations and Data
To remove libmailutils8 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmailutils8
Remove libmailutils8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmailutils8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmailutils8
Dependencies
libmailutils8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils8 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.