How to Install and Uninstall fetchmail Package on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Last updated: May 21,2024

1. Install "fetchmail" package

Please follow the instructions below to install fetchmail on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)


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

This guide let you learn how to uninstall fetchmail on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat):


    
        
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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 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat)

Package: fetchmail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.4.38-1ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 956
Provides: fetchmail-ssl
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.52)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.38), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.13~alpha1+dfsg), libssl3 (>= 3.0.10), debianutils (>= 1.7), adduser (>= 3.34), sysvinit-utils (>= 3.05-4~) | lsb-base
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_6.4.38-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 382710
MD5sum: 6c6ba799f64e4abe6d3dcf00c6b69a9e
SHA1: f0bff721cee5c5910e122344494a628c7bde737e
SHA256: c8d1fa2f0a2385f8b98b4d9b0e76553149d7393d8dd5a00705fbfd5bee93ecb8
SHA512: 390b8aff297c1a8e259575fb2274da28552d6f2f82f78ec2eebbee15408f0b3b2598405596be94d93cad68b915b7bc1ae13eaef3f3d7752cd7cea3db38c62449
Homepage: https://www.fetchmail.info
Description: SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
Description-md5: 05cb6c758ac9e6de53b36438f8f52a45