How To Install lsmbox on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsmbox
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is lsmbox
lsmbox is:
This program lists the number of total and unread messages in one or several mailbox files, and can also be used to continuously monitor the mailboxes.
There are three methods to install lsmbox
on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install lsmbox Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install lsmbox
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install lsmbox
Install lsmbox Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install lsmbox
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install lsmbox
Install lsmbox 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 lsmbox
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install lsmbox
How To Uninstall lsmbox on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the lsmbox
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove lsmbox
Uninstall lsmbox And Its Dependencies
To uninstall lsmbox
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove lsmbox
Remove lsmbox Configurations and Data
To remove lsmbox
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge lsmbox
Remove lsmbox configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove lsmbox
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lsmbox
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install lsmbox
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.