How To Install mew-beta-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mew-beta-bin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mew-beta-bin
mew-beta-bin is:
The mew-beta-bin package contains external commands for the mew-beta package.
- mewencode: encode/decode MIME objects
- mewl: extract necessary fields from messages stored in folders
- incm: incorporate new mails from maildir or mbox to Mew’s inbox folder
- mewest: update indexes of Hyper Estraier
- mew-pinentry: front end of gpg-agent to ask a passphrase to a user
- mewstunnel: wrapper script for using stunnel
- cmew: create Mew’s database file
- smew: search related messages from Mew’s database file
There are three methods to install mew-beta-bin 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 mew-beta-bin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mew-beta-bin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mew-beta-bin
Install mew-beta-bin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mew-beta-bin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mew-beta-bin
Install mew-beta-bin 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 mew-beta-bin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mew-beta-bin
How To Uninstall mew-beta-bin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mew-beta-bin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mew-beta-bin
Uninstall mew-beta-bin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mew-beta-bin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mew-beta-bin
Remove mew-beta-bin Configurations and Data
To remove mew-beta-bin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mew-beta-bin
Remove mew-beta-bin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mew-beta-bin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mew-beta-bin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mew-beta-bin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
