How To Install grepmail on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grepmail
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is grepmail
grepmail is:
Grepmail looks for mail messages containing a pattern, and prints the resulting messages. Usage is very similar to grep. It can handle compressed mailbox files, and can search the header or body of emails. It also supports searches constrained by date and size.
There are three methods to install grepmail
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 grepmail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install grepmail
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install grepmail
Install grepmail Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install grepmail
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install grepmail
Install grepmail 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 grepmail
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install grepmail
How To Uninstall grepmail on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the grepmail
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove grepmail
Uninstall grepmail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall grepmail
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove grepmail
Remove grepmail Configurations and Data
To remove grepmail
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge grepmail
Remove grepmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove grepmail
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grepmail
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grepmail
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.