How to Install and Uninstall biff Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "biff" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install biff on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall biff on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                biff
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the biff package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: biff
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:0.17.pre20000412-5.1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dave Holland
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 57
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.4), netbase
Filename: pool/universe/b/biff/biff_0.17.pre20000412-5.1_amd64.deb
Size: 12716
MD5sum: df37edbfa322bd62aa28592a0d81b3e8
SHA1: 36145eaa797ee5203c83e9f563f4ec46e9d87cee
SHA256: 2a3fde5b556fb95cf08d0b87bc50031d5cc4420202cb5ec2557b56932c5f290a
SHA512: 716f6cf6087a594be1037c98f425e5081d7c437601a25b2c8823c33872cc07b38e21fc61fc4656b59fe4db2f6b6aff7cc98069e86a828041e01b43fcb7638fc6
Description-en: a mail notification tool
biff is a small program that prints a message to your terminal
when new email arrives. Actually, the message is printed by
the comsat daemon, and biff just enables/disables the u+x
permission flag for the terminal, which comsat uses to determine
whether or not to write to your terminal.
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biff is mainly of historic interest, since there are much better
alternatives (such as xlbiff and gbuffy) that are network-aware and
do not require a daemon. Although there are no known security
problems, running additional services is often considered risky.
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By default, the biff service is disabled. To use biff email
notification, you must enable this service by running 'update-inetd
--enable biff' after the package is installed. You may also need
to modify the configuration of your mail transport agent to enable
comsat notification.
Description-md5: 8371ac164838c91c11bf21c401c5054d