How To Install getmail on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install getmail
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is getmail
getmail is:
getmail is intended as a simple replacement for fetchmail. It retrieves mail (either all messages, or only unread messages) from one or more POP3/IMAP4/SDPS servers for one or more email accounts, and reliably delivers into a qmail-style Maildir, mbox file or to a command (pipe delivery) like maildrop or procmail, specified on a per-account basis. getmail also has support for domain (multidrop) mailboxes.
Supported protocols: POP3, POP3-over-SSL, IMAP4, IMAP4-over-SSL, and SDPS mail.
There are three methods to install getmail
on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install getmail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install getmail
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install getmail
Install getmail Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install getmail
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install getmail
Install getmail 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 getmail
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install getmail
How To Uninstall getmail on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the getmail
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove getmail
Uninstall getmail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall getmail
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove getmail
Remove getmail Configurations and Data
To remove getmail
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge getmail
Remove getmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove getmail
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge getmail
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install getmail
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.