Complete Guide: Installing getmail on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) 2024

1. Install "getmail" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install getmail on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall getmail on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: getmail
Architecture: all
Version: 5.5-3
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Osamu Aoki
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 632
Provides: getmail4
Depends: python2.7:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
Breaks: getmail4 (<< 5.5-2)
Replaces: getmail4
Filename: pool/universe/g/getmail/getmail_5.5-3_all.deb
Size: 155076
MD5sum: 080cb2ca23b119c6ab1e3d1c10f7db7c
SHA1: 98adeb4f5650d6dd02fcd2aaa99c1c1f202ed96b
SHA256: f5cc8b4bc0b0f7a92c37df33e2de79210caced907462a30d2581d3565ef1f1fb
Homepage: http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/
Description: mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4 and SDPS
Description-md5: b2f05486f9ac795b073488022d1ce77d