How To Install mailutils-mh on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailutils-mh on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mailutils-mh
mailutils-mh is:
GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.
These are the GNU mailutils MH utilities. It is an implementation of MH, a collection of small shell programs to read and handle mail in a very flexible way.
There are three methods to install mailutils-mh 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-mh 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-mh using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mailutils-mh
Install mailutils-mh Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mailutils-mh using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mailutils-mh
Install mailutils-mh 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-mh using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mailutils-mh
How To Uninstall mailutils-mh on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mailutils-mh package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mailutils-mh
Uninstall mailutils-mh And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mailutils-mh and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailutils-mh
Remove mailutils-mh Configurations and Data
To remove mailutils-mh configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mailutils-mh
Remove mailutils-mh configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mailutils-mh configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailutils-mh
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mailutils-mh package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
