How To Install mailtextbody 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 mailtextbody on Ubuntu.
What is mailtextbody
mailtextbody is:
Mailtextbody reads a complete email message on stdin and returns the body on stdout. Technically speaking, it returns the first decoded text/plain MIME part of any (however nested) MIME message or just the body of a non-MIME message otherwise.
Mailtextbody can easily be included in other tools using pipes.
There are three methods to install mailtextbody 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 mailtextbody Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mailtextbody using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mailtextbody
Install mailtextbody Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mailtextbody using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mailtextbody
Install mailtextbody 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 mailtextbody using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mailtextbody
How To Uninstall mailtextbody on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the mailtextbody package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mailtextbody
Uninstall mailtextbody And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mailtextbody and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailtextbody
Remove mailtextbody Configurations and Data
To remove mailtextbody configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mailtextbody
Remove mailtextbody configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mailtextbody configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailtextbody
Dependencies
mailtextbody have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailtextbody package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.