How To Install mswatch on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mswatch
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is mswatch
mswatch is:
mswatch is a command line Unix program that keeps two mailboxes synchronized more efficiently and with shorter delays than periodically synchronizing them.
mswatch watches mailboxes for changes to know when to initiate mailbox syncs. Using mswatch, your mail synchronization program can be called on demand instead of through polling, resulting in prompter mail delivery and lower bandwidth usage and server load.
mswatch is designed to work in conjunction with mailbox synchronization programs, and currently supports watching Linux (2.4+) hosted Maildirs (including Maildir folders, Maildir++). Future support for additional mailbox formats, especially for mbox, is planned.
This package provides the mswatch tools for use on the imap client host.
There are three methods to install mswatch
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 mswatch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install mswatch
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mswatch
Install mswatch Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mswatch
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mswatch
Install mswatch 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 mswatch
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mswatch
How To Uninstall mswatch on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the mswatch
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mswatch
Uninstall mswatch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mswatch
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mswatch
Remove mswatch Configurations and Data
To remove mswatch
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mswatch
Remove mswatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mswatch
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mswatch
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mswatch
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.