How to Install and Uninstall fetchmail Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 13,2024

1. Install "fetchmail" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install fetchmail on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "fetchmail" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall fetchmail on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fetchmail package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: fetchmail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.3.26-3ubuntu0.1~18.04.1
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 868
Provides: fetchmail-ssl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcom-err2 (>= 1.01), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.14+dfsg), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.13~alpha1+dfsg), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), 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_6.3.26-3ubuntu0.1~18.04.1_amd64.deb
Size: 309996
MD5sum: 996a4ae90e56d7b59234a59957ff5318
SHA1: e549092fb2d89482b1653ca7b5f61c8f4db851c9
SHA256: 152c4c2e6d087b79b8d3694fe0db96a2011d7a2c65d40c9ead7372fcb915bd56
SHA512: 1b8ef5d67315dc9197914d214884cd13d8231646db991581e64f5e28c303e8d5e990fcad6ceddaa5d4a4ced7341ae8b0bb741dc953992deccf33033176611d94
Homepage: http://www.fetchmail.info
Description: SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
Description-md5: 05cb6c758ac9e6de53b36438f8f52a45
Supported: 5y

Package: fetchmail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.3.26-3build1
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 864
Provides: fetchmail-ssl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcomerr2 (>= 1.01), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.14+dfsg), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.13~alpha1+dfsg), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), 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_6.3.26-3build1_amd64.deb
Size: 310184
MD5sum: 2f9db99b886bb4546dd9e8b7db2f2fca
SHA1: 1a495683b757cfc9dbddbe92ede420a68edce465
SHA256: 190771244cfce6ecd7017de6090b7bc194fff3c216290cffe67b6ad7f0116fbe
Homepage: http://www.fetchmail.info
Description: SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
Description-md5: 05cb6c758ac9e6de53b36438f8f52a45
Supported: 5y