How To Install mailutils-imap4d on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailutils-imap4d on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mailutils-imap4d
mailutils-imap4d is:
GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.
The GNU mailutils IMAP4 daemon implements the Internet Message Access Protocol, version 4rev1 as per RFC 2060. It supports the “Namespace” capability and GSSAPI authentication mechanism. It is able to get the authentication information from the system user database as well as from a SQL database of arbitrary structure. The PAM framework can also be used for authentication purposes. Additionally, mailutils imap4d supports virtual mail domains and has TLS support via GNUtls. GNU mailutils supports the mbox, MH and Maildir mailbox formats.
There are three methods to install mailutils-imap4d 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 mailutils-imap4d Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mailutils-imap4d using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mailutils-imap4d
Install mailutils-imap4d Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mailutils-imap4d using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mailutils-imap4d
Install mailutils-imap4d 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 mailutils-imap4d using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mailutils-imap4d
How To Uninstall mailutils-imap4d on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mailutils-imap4d package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mailutils-imap4d
Uninstall mailutils-imap4d And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mailutils-imap4d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailutils-imap4d
Remove mailutils-imap4d Configurations and Data
To remove mailutils-imap4d configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mailutils-imap4d
Remove mailutils-imap4d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mailutils-imap4d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailutils-imap4d
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailutils-imap4d package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
