How To Install libetpan-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libetpan-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. libetpan-doc is mail handling library - API documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libetpan-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libetpan-doc

libetpan-doc is:

libEtPan! is a mail library. It may be used for low-level mail handling: network protocols (IMAP/NNTP/POP3/SMTP over TCP/IP with or without SSL), local storage (mbox/MH/maildir) and message/MIME parsing.

This package provides library API documentation and test sources.

There are three methods to install libetpan-doc 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 libetpan-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libetpan-doc

Install libetpan-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libetpan-doc

Install libetpan-doc 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 libetpan-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libetpan-doc

How To Uninstall libetpan-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libetpan-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libetpan-doc

Uninstall libetpan-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libetpan-doc

Remove libetpan-doc Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libetpan-doc

Remove libetpan-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libetpan-doc

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Summary

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