How to Install and Uninstall mailutils Package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "mailutils" package

This is a short guide on how to install mailutils on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)


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

Learn how to uninstall mailutils on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mailutils
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the mailutils package on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa)

Package: mailutils
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.7-2.1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Jordi Mallach
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 615
Provides: mail-reader, mailx
Depends: mailutils-common (= 1:3.7-2.1), guile-2.2-libs, libc6 (>= 2.14), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgc1c2 (>= 1:7.2d), libgnutls30 (>= 3.6.5), libgsasl7 (>= 1.1), libkyotocabinet16v5 (>= 1.2.76), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libmailutils6, libncurses6 (>= 6), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libpython3.8 (>= 3.8.2), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~)
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Suggests: mailutils-mh, mailutils-doc
Breaks: bsd-mailx (<< 8.1.2-0.20071201cvs-1), bsdmainutils (<< 8.0.6), elm-me+ (<< 2.4pl25ME+99c-3), heirloom-mailx (<< 12.3-3)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mailutils/mailutils_3.7-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 137556
MD5sum: c7eba61f4c14e550adbc4f2c341a8e9e
SHA1: 8ba1e1d492bad9324f7829ff7fbfe6aa71e3f43c
SHA256: 8181a2f81fe63947dd5371257caec09323d7bc4009d64aebaf79be79e6f6f8bb
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/
Description: GNU mailutils utilities for handling mail
Description-md5: a595d5ff03fec0a2a54bff03d8ba2d76