How To Install yahoo2mbox on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yahoo2mbox on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is yahoo2mbox
yahoo2mbox is:
yahoo2mbox is a small Perl script which retrieves all messages from a mailing list archive at Yahoo! Groups and stores them into a local file in MBOX format.
There are three methods to install yahoo2mbox 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 yahoo2mbox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install yahoo2mbox using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yahoo2mbox
Install yahoo2mbox Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install yahoo2mbox using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yahoo2mbox
Install yahoo2mbox 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 yahoo2mbox using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yahoo2mbox
How To Uninstall yahoo2mbox on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the yahoo2mbox package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yahoo2mbox
Uninstall yahoo2mbox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yahoo2mbox and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yahoo2mbox
Remove yahoo2mbox Configurations and Data
To remove yahoo2mbox configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yahoo2mbox
Remove yahoo2mbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yahoo2mbox configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yahoo2mbox
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yahoo2mbox package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
