How To Install libmu-dbm8 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 libmu-dbm8 on Ubuntu.
What is libmu-dbm8
libmu-dbm8 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 dbm support component. 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 libmu-dbm8 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 libmu-dbm8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmu-dbm8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmu-dbm8
Install libmu-dbm8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmu-dbm8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmu-dbm8
Install libmu-dbm8 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 libmu-dbm8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmu-dbm8
How To Uninstall libmu-dbm8 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libmu-dbm8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmu-dbm8
Uninstall libmu-dbm8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmu-dbm8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmu-dbm8
Remove libmu-dbm8 Configurations and Data
To remove libmu-dbm8 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmu-dbm8
Remove libmu-dbm8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmu-dbm8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmu-dbm8
Dependencies
libmu-dbm8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmu-dbm8 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.