How To Install muttprofile on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install muttprofile on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is muttprofile
muttprofile is:
A profile in Mutt is simply a specific subset of the configuration. You may have a personal and a work profile, each of which uses the same base configuration and then overrides specific configuration items like the email address.
muttprofile gives an easy way to switch between such profiles from within a running instance of Mutt. Quite simple and quite beautiful, and implemented in perl.
There are three methods to install muttprofile 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 muttprofile Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install muttprofile using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install muttprofile
Install muttprofile Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install muttprofile using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install muttprofile
Install muttprofile 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 muttprofile using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install muttprofile
How To Uninstall muttprofile on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the muttprofile package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove muttprofile
Uninstall muttprofile And Its Dependencies
To uninstall muttprofile and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove muttprofile
Remove muttprofile Configurations and Data
To remove muttprofile configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge muttprofile
Remove muttprofile configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove muttprofile configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge muttprofile
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install muttprofile package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
