How To Install ktnef on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ktnef
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ktnef
ktnef is:
The TNEF File Viewer allows one to handle easily mail attachments using the TNEF format. Those attachments are usually found in mails coming from Microsoft mail servers and embed the mail properties as well as the actual attachments.
An attachment in TNEF format is most often named winmail.dat or win.dat.
There are three methods to install ktnef
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 ktnef Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ktnef
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ktnef
Install ktnef Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ktnef
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ktnef
Install ktnef 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 ktnef
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ktnef
How To Uninstall ktnef on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ktnef
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ktnef
Uninstall ktnef And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ktnef
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ktnef
Remove ktnef Configurations and Data
To remove ktnef
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ktnef
Remove ktnef configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ktnef
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ktnef
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ktnef
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.