How To Install uucpsend 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 uucpsend on Ubuntu.
What is uucpsend
uucpsend is:
This package provides some neat features to do UUCP batching. Partially it is logically based on send-uucp and nntpsend which were included in early versions of INN.
It is tested with INN 1 and may require tweaking with INN 2.
There are three methods to install uucpsend 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 uucpsend Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install uucpsend using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install uucpsend
Install uucpsend Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install uucpsend using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install uucpsend
Install uucpsend 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 uucpsend using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install uucpsend
How To Uninstall uucpsend on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the uucpsend package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove uucpsend
Uninstall uucpsend And Its Dependencies
To uninstall uucpsend and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove uucpsend
Remove uucpsend Configurations and Data
To remove uucpsend configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge uucpsend
Remove uucpsend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove uucpsend configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uucpsend
Dependencies
uucpsend have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install uucpsend package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.