How To Install libmailtransport4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailtransport4 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libmailtransport4
libmailtransport4 is:
Mailtransport is a library that provides the following functionality:
- Shared mail transport settings.
- GUI elements to configure mail transport settings.
- Job classes for mail sending.
This package also contains a KDE control module which can be embedded into your application to provide mail transport configuration.
This package is part of the KDE Development Platform PIM libraries module.
There are three methods to install libmailtransport4 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 libmailtransport4 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libmailtransport4 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmailtransport4
Install libmailtransport4 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libmailtransport4 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmailtransport4
Install libmailtransport4 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 libmailtransport4 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmailtransport4
How To Uninstall libmailtransport4 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libmailtransport4 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmailtransport4
Uninstall libmailtransport4 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmailtransport4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmailtransport4
Remove libmailtransport4 Configurations and Data
To remove libmailtransport4 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmailtransport4
Remove libmailtransport4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmailtransport4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmailtransport4
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailtransport4 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
