How to Install and Uninstall getmail Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "getmail" package

This tutorial shows how to install getmail on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                getmail
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "getmail" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall getmail on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                getmail
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the getmail package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: getmail
Version: 5.13-1
Installed-Size: 661
Maintainer: Osamu Aoki
Architecture: all
Replaces: getmail4
Provides: getmail4
Depends: python:any (<< 2.8), python:any (>= 2.7~)
Breaks: getmail4 (<< 5.5-2)
Description: mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4 and SDPS
Description-md5: b2f05486f9ac795b073488022d1ce77d
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/
Tag: implemented-in::python, protocol::imap, protocol::pop3, role::program,
works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/getmail/getmail_5.13-1_all.deb
Size: 181832
MD5sum: f8e58dc966e2d11ab18705728c9d9ff3
SHA256: 48502aea783533d470082f2af4e323aaf17b57927a35de9876c376f992902326