How To Install t-prot on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install t-prot on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is t-prot
t-prot is:
This program provides “TOFU-Protection” to improve the readability of email and newsposts. TOFU is a German acronym for “Text oben, Fullquote unten”, meaning the regrettably widespread reply style that leaves all the quotes untrimmed and just adds some text at the top. This script filters annoying mailing list footers, long signatures, and TOFU, as well as squeezing sequences of blank lines, exclamation marks, etc.
It currently offers example configurations for applying t-prot within heirloom-mailx, INN 2, mailcap, Mutt, or slrn. It should be possible to do likewise with other programs that allow a message to be passed through a filter before being displayed. If you use such a program we’d be interested if you could send in your setup.
There are three methods to install t-prot 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 t-prot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install t-prot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install t-prot
Install t-prot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install t-prot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install t-prot
Install t-prot 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 t-prot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install t-prot
How To Uninstall t-prot on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the t-prot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove t-prot
Uninstall t-prot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall t-prot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove t-prot
Remove t-prot Configurations and Data
To remove t-prot configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge t-prot
Remove t-prot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove t-prot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge t-prot
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install t-prot package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
