How To Install crashmail on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install crashmail on Ubuntu 22.04. crashmail is JAM and *.MSG capable Fidonet tosser

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install crashmail on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is crashmail

crashmail is:

CrashMail II is basically a more portable version of CrashMail, a tosser for Amiga computers. Users of the old Amiga version will probably find some things familiar while some features are gone such as the ARexx port (for obvious reasons!) and the GUI configuration editor. The only feature that CrashMail II has and the old CrashMail hasn’t is support for JAM messagebases.

There are three methods to install crashmail on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install crashmail Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install crashmail using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install crashmail

Install crashmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install crashmail using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install crashmail

Install crashmail 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 crashmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install crashmail

How To Uninstall crashmail on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the crashmail package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove crashmail

Uninstall crashmail And Its Dependencies

To uninstall crashmail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove crashmail

Remove crashmail Configurations and Data

To remove crashmail configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge crashmail

Remove crashmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove crashmail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge crashmail

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install crashmail package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.