How to Install and Uninstall mailx Package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "mailx" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install mailx on openSuSE Tumbleweed


    
        
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                sudo zypper refresh
            
                    
    
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                sudo zypper install
            
                        
                mailx
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mailx" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall mailx on openSuSE Tumbleweed:


    
        
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                sudo zypper remove
            
                        
                mailx
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mailx package on openSuSE Tumbleweed

Information for package mailx:
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Repository : openSUSE-Tumbleweed-Oss
Name : mailx
Version : 12.5-38.1
Arch : x86_64
Vendor : openSUSE
Installed Size : 575.0 KiB
Installed : No
Status : not installed
Source package : mailx-12.5-38.1.src
Upstream URL : http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/mailx.html
Summary : A MIME-Capable Implementation of the mailx Command
Description :
Nail is a mail user agent derived from Berkeley Mail 8.1. It is
intended to provide the functionality of the POSIX.2 mailx command with
additional support for MIME messages, POP3, and SMTP. In recent system
environments, nail is Unicode/UTF-8 capable. Further, it contains some
minor enhancements like the ability to set a "From:" address.