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

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "enigmail" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install enigmail on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall enigmail on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 enigmail package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: enigmail
Architecture: all
Version: 2:2.2.4-0ubuntu1
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Mozilla Extension Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1386
Provides: icedove-enigmail, thunderbird-enigmail, xul-ext-enigmail
Depends: gnupg (>= 2.2.8-2~), gnupg-agent, thunderbird (>= 1:78.0) | icedove (>= 1:78.0)
Recommends: pinentry-x11
Breaks: icedove (<< 1:78.0), thunderbird (<< 1:78.0)
Enhances: icedove, thunderbird
Filename: pool/universe/e/enigmail/enigmail_2.2.4-0ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 236448
MD5sum: 7e30f0a7ddb2bbb5913b62add3621edc
SHA1: 78f715b3e8cd3085f24dc3baf3c57966604cda6b
SHA256: 5e0680acfb8887b2e66e8eeb0e6847881c51f6d6f074dc0ef0fbd56557641a02
SHA512: a41c113e3136d7f8de931ebca7e9e085fa4de8b6552fe55c43b362a104670acf314daf952864f4dde8aa5e7e764e6754db4ba3c77d5f5250208efa59fcc3e806
Homepage: https://www.enigmail.net/
Description-en: GPG support for Thunderbird and Debian Icedove
OpenPGP extension for Thunderbird. Enigmail allows users to access the
features provided by the popular GnuPG software from within Thunderbird.
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Enigmail is capable of signing, authenticating, encrypting and decrypting
email. Additionally, it supports both the inline PGP format, as well as the
PGP/MIME format as described in RFC 3156.
Description-md5: 1f1e67ab816cad117d3c812e71e25f82