How To Install libmailutils-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils-dev on Ubuntu 18.04. libmailutils-dev is Development files for GNU mailutils

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils-dev on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is libmailutils-dev

libmailutils-dev is:

GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.

This package includes the development files for GNU mailutils and GNU’s Mail abstraction library.

There are three methods to install libmailutils-dev 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 libmailutils-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmailutils-dev

Install libmailutils-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmailutils-dev

Install libmailutils-dev 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 libmailutils-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmailutils-dev

How To Uninstall libmailutils-dev on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the libmailutils-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmailutils-dev

Uninstall libmailutils-dev And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmailutils-dev

Remove libmailutils-dev Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libmailutils-dev

Remove libmailutils-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmailutils-dev

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Summary

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