How To Install libetpan20 on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libetpan20 on Ubuntu 18.04. libetpan20 is mail handling library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libetpan20 on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libetpan20

libetpan20 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 shared library files.

There are three methods to install libetpan20 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 libetpan20 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libetpan20 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libetpan20

Install libetpan20 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libetpan20 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libetpan20

Install libetpan20 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 libetpan20 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libetpan20

How To Uninstall libetpan20 on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libetpan20 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libetpan20

Uninstall libetpan20 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libetpan20 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libetpan20

Remove libetpan20 Configurations and Data

To remove libetpan20 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libetpan20

Remove libetpan20 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libetpan20 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libetpan20

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libetpan20 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.