How To Install mpop-gnome on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpop-gnome on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mpop-gnome
mpop-gnome is:
mpop is a fast and simple fetchmail replacement to retrieve mail from POP3 servers. Its main features are header based mail filtering, multiple authentication methods, TLS encrypted connections or delivery.
There are a few things mpop can do that fetchmail can’t or that it does better:
- mpop never ever tries to parse mail information except for the envelope-from address, which is the bare minimum that it has to do.
- mpop never ever alters mail messages except for adding a “Received” header, which is the bare minimum that it has to do.
- mpop uses several techniques (including pipelining) to reduce the POP3 protocol overhead. It is therefore much faster than fetchmail.
- By default, mpop stores the mail UIDs (unique ids) in one file per account. You can poll different mail accounts in parallel.
- The progress output is nicer ;-)
- You can pipe the headers of a mail through a filter that decides if the mail should be downloaded, skipped, or deleted. This allows one to delete junk mail from a POP3 server without downloading the entire message.
- mpop can deliver mails directly to mbox and maildir mail folders.
This package is compiled with GSASL and TLS/SSL support, and additionally with GNOME keyring support.
There are three methods to install mpop-gnome 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 mpop-gnome Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mpop-gnome using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mpop-gnome
Install mpop-gnome Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mpop-gnome using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mpop-gnome
Install mpop-gnome 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 mpop-gnome using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mpop-gnome
How To Uninstall mpop-gnome on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mpop-gnome package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mpop-gnome
Uninstall mpop-gnome And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mpop-gnome and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpop-gnome
Remove mpop-gnome Configurations and Data
To remove mpop-gnome configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mpop-gnome
Remove mpop-gnome configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mpop-gnome configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpop-gnome
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mpop-gnome package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
