How To Install libemail-mime-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libemail-mime-perl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libemail-mime-perl
libemail-mime-perl is:
Email::MIME is an extension of the Email::Simple module for easily handling MIME-encoded messages. It takes a message as a string, splits it up into its constituent parts, and allows you access to various parts of the message. Headers are decoded from MIME encoding.
There are three methods to install libemail-mime-perl 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 libemail-mime-perl Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libemail-mime-perl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libemail-mime-perl
Install libemail-mime-perl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libemail-mime-perl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libemail-mime-perl
Install libemail-mime-perl 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 libemail-mime-perl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libemail-mime-perl
How To Uninstall libemail-mime-perl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libemail-mime-perl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libemail-mime-perl
Uninstall libemail-mime-perl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libemail-mime-perl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libemail-mime-perl
Remove libemail-mime-perl Configurations and Data
To remove libemail-mime-perl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libemail-mime-perl
Remove libemail-mime-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libemail-mime-perl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libemail-mime-perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libemail-mime-perl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
