How To Install mailscripts on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailscripts on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mailscripts
mailscripts is:
This package provides a collection of scripts for manipulating e-mail stored on Debian systems.
mdmv – safely move messages between maildirs
mbox2maildir – convert an mbox to a maildir using Python’s libraries
notmuch-slurp-debbug – add messages from a Debian bug to notmuch
notmuch-extract-patch – extract a git patch series from notmuch
mbox-extract-patch – extract a git patch series from an mbox
maildir-import-patch – import a git patch series into a maildir
notmuch-import-patch – import a git patch series into notmuch
email-print-mime-structure – tree view of a message’s MIME structure
email-extract-openpgp-certs – extract OpenPGP certificates from a message
imap-dl – download messages from an IMAP mailbox to a maildir
There are three methods to install mailscripts 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 mailscripts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mailscripts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mailscripts
Install mailscripts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mailscripts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mailscripts
Install mailscripts 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 mailscripts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mailscripts
How To Uninstall mailscripts on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mailscripts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mailscripts
Uninstall mailscripts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mailscripts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailscripts
Remove mailscripts Configurations and Data
To remove mailscripts configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mailscripts
Remove mailscripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mailscripts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailscripts
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailscripts package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.