How to Install and Uninstall fetchmail Package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "fetchmail" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install fetchmail on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall fetchmail on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fetchmail
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fetchmail package on Linux Mint 21.3 (Virginia)

Package: fetchmail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.4.27-1
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 988
Provides: fetchmail-ssl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.13~alpha1+dfsg), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), debianutils (>= 1.7), adduser (>= 3.34), lsb-base (>= 3.2-13)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: fetchmailconf, default-mta | mail-transport-agent, resolvconf
Conflicts: fetchmail-common
Breaks: fetchmail-ssl (<= 6.2.5-12), logcheck (<< 1.1.1-9)
Replaces: fetchmail-common, fetchmail-ssl
Filename: pool/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.4.27-1_amd64.deb
Size: 383078
MD5sum: 20f654533bf2d64428e9036772e7a159
SHA1: 614fe31934e0115635cbcd038935c94bcc508cc2
SHA256: 58f3a1b1cf0f9c33f76f8651fd900253edae4b110645396064a06ea0f26dd935
SHA512: 3891d3b6fbb76cdd90127d2bf667d4f6983b462c7e6f88446b89f781368b9cdee9354bb472a712ea172966c3bcf086604f99a46477511e05cec857f71f753b93
Homepage: http://www.fetchmail.info
Description: SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
Description-md5: 05cb6c758ac9e6de53b36438f8f52a45