How To Install mailsync on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailsync
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mailsync
mailsync is:
Mailsync is a way of keeping a collection of mailboxes synchronized. The mailboxes may be on the local filesystem or on an IMAP server.
There are three methods to install mailsync
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 mailsync Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mailsync
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mailsync
Install mailsync Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mailsync
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mailsync
Install mailsync 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 mailsync
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mailsync
How To Uninstall mailsync on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mailsync
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mailsync
Uninstall mailsync And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mailsync
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailsync
Remove mailsync Configurations and Data
To remove mailsync
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mailsync
Remove mailsync configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mailsync
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailsync
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailsync
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.