How To Install libmailutils5 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils5 on Ubuntu 18.04. libmailutils5 is GNU Mail abstraction library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils5 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libmailutils5

libmailutils5 is:

GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.

This is GNU’s Mail abstraction library. This library allows programs to hook into a single library for many different types of mail backends. The following backend stores are currently provided: mbox, mh, maildir, pop3, imap4.

There are three methods to install libmailutils5 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 libmailutils5 Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmailutils5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmailutils5

Install libmailutils5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmailutils5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmailutils5

Install libmailutils5 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 libmailutils5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmailutils5

How To Uninstall libmailutils5 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libmailutils5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmailutils5

Uninstall libmailutils5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmailutils5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmailutils5

Remove libmailutils5 Configurations and Data

To remove libmailutils5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmailutils5

Remove libmailutils5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmailutils5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmailutils5

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.