How To Install getmail4 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install getmail4
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is getmail4
getmail4 is:
This is a transitional dummy package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install getmail4
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 getmail4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install getmail4
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install getmail4
Install getmail4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install getmail4
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install getmail4
Install getmail4 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 getmail4
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install getmail4
How To Uninstall getmail4 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the getmail4
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove getmail4
Uninstall getmail4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall getmail4
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove getmail4
Remove getmail4 Configurations and Data
To remove getmail4
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge getmail4
Remove getmail4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove getmail4
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge getmail4
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install getmail4
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.