How To Install gmime-bin on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmime-bin on Ubuntu 18.04. gmime-bin is MIME message parser and creator library - runtime binaries

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmime-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is gmime-bin

gmime-bin is:

GMime provides a core library and set of utilities which may be used for the creation and parsing of messages using the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension (MIME).

This package contains binary tools for encoding and decoding messages.

There are three methods to install gmime-bin 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 gmime-bin Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gmime-bin

Install gmime-bin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gmime-bin

Install gmime-bin 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 gmime-bin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gmime-bin

How To Uninstall gmime-bin on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the gmime-bin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gmime-bin

Uninstall gmime-bin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmime-bin

Remove gmime-bin Configurations and Data

To remove gmime-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gmime-bin

Remove gmime-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmime-bin

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Summary

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