How To Install mblaze 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 mblaze on Ubuntu.
What is mblaze
mblaze is:
The mblaze message system is a set of Unix utilities to deal with mail kept in Maildir folders. It is a classic command line MUA and has no features for receiving or transferring mail; you are expected to fetch your mail using fdm(1), getmail(1) offlineimap(1), procmail(1), or similar , and send it using dma(8), msmtp(1), sendmail(8), as provided by OpenSMTPD, Postfix, or similar. mblaze expects your mail to reside in Maildir folders.
Its design is roughly inspired by MH, the RAND Message Handling System, but it is a complete implementation from scratch. mblaze operates directly on Maildir folders and doesn’t use its own caches or databases. There is no setup needed for many uses.
mblaze consists of these Unix tools that each do one job:
- maddr(1) extract addresses from mail
- magrep(1) find mails matching a pattern
- mcom(1) compose and send mail
- mdeliver(1) deliver messages or import mailboxes
- mdirs(1) find Maildir folders
- mexport(1) export Maildir folders as mailboxes
- mflag(1) change flags (marks) of mail
- mflow(1) reflow format=flowed plain text mails
- mfwd(1) forward mail
- mgenmid(1) generate Message-IDs
- mhdr(1) extract mail headers
- minc(1) incorporate new mail
- mless(1) conveniently read mail in less(1)
- mlist(1) list and filter mail messages
- mmime(1) create MIME messages
- mmkdir(1) create new Maildir
- mpick(1) advanced mail filter
- mrep(1) reply to mail
- mscan(1) generate one-line summaries of mail
- msed(1) manipulate mail headers
- mseq(1) manipulate mail sequences
- mshow(1) render mail and extract attachments
- msort(1) sort mail
- mthread(1) arrange mail into discussions
There are three methods to install mblaze 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 mblaze Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mblaze using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mblaze
Install mblaze Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mblaze using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mblaze
Install mblaze 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 mblaze using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mblaze
How To Uninstall mblaze on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the mblaze package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mblaze
Uninstall mblaze And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mblaze and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mblaze
Remove mblaze Configurations and Data
To remove mblaze configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mblaze
Remove mblaze configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mblaze configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mblaze
Dependencies
mblaze have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mblaze package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.