How to Install and Uninstall getmail4 Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 29,2024

1. Install "getmail4" package

This tutorial shows how to install getmail4 on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                getmail4
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "getmail4" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall getmail4 on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                getmail4
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the getmail4 package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: getmail4
Source: getmail
Version: 5.13-1
Installed-Size: 33
Maintainer: Osamu Aoki
Architecture: all
Depends: getmail
Description: transitional dummy package
Description-md5: 1f317b04f78374dba7d1e14def0b7f80
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/
Tag: implemented-in::python, interface::daemon, mail::imap, mail::pop,
network::client, protocol::imap, protocol::pop3, protocol::ssl,
role::program, use::downloading, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/g/getmail/getmail4_5.13-1_all.deb
Size: 26688
MD5sum: 7cc779ff6312e430e75ca42cf77487c5
SHA256: 8f191f891aedfcb4b5cf3008bbff14e7655cc9d98a713a10feb6dbac8b82cebd