How To Install libytnef0 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 libytnef0 on Ubuntu.
What is libytnef0
libytnef0 is:
Yerase’s TNEF Stream Reader allows you to decode application/ms-tnef e-mail attachments, which are usually entitled “winmail.dat” and are generally a file container format that is only readable by Microsoft Outlook. Some TNEF streams also include RTF-formatted data.
libytnef0 is the support library that exposes these functions to other programs. The ytnef program is the frontend for this library, so you should probably install that (included in ytnef-tools) if you want to take advantage of it.
There are three methods to install libytnef0 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 libytnef0 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libytnef0 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libytnef0
Install libytnef0 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libytnef0 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libytnef0
Install libytnef0 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 libytnef0 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libytnef0
How To Uninstall libytnef0 on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the libytnef0 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libytnef0
Uninstall libytnef0 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libytnef0 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libytnef0
Remove libytnef0 Configurations and Data
To remove libytnef0 configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libytnef0
Remove libytnef0 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libytnef0 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libytnef0
Dependencies
libytnef0 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libytnef0 package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.