How To Install libmailutils6 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils6 on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libmailutils6
libmailutils6 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 libmailutils6 on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libmailutils6 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmailutils6 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmailutils6
Install libmailutils6 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmailutils6 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmailutils6
Install libmailutils6 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 libmailutils6 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmailutils6
How To Uninstall libmailutils6 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libmailutils6 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmailutils6
Uninstall libmailutils6 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmailutils6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmailutils6
Remove libmailutils6 Configurations and Data
To remove libmailutils6 configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmailutils6
Remove libmailutils6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmailutils6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmailutils6
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils6 package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.