How To Install mboxgrep on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mboxgrep on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mboxgrep
mboxgrep is:
mboxgrep is a small utility that scans either standard Unix mailboxes, Gnus nnml or nnmh mailboxes, MH mailboxes or Maildirs, and displays messages matching a basic, extended, or Perl-compatible regular expression.
There are three methods to install mboxgrep 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 mboxgrep Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mboxgrep using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mboxgrep
Install mboxgrep Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mboxgrep using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mboxgrep
Install mboxgrep 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 mboxgrep using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mboxgrep
How To Uninstall mboxgrep on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mboxgrep package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mboxgrep
Uninstall mboxgrep And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mboxgrep and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mboxgrep
Remove mboxgrep Configurations and Data
To remove mboxgrep configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mboxgrep
Remove mboxgrep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mboxgrep configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mboxgrep
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mboxgrep package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.