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

Last updated: May 14,2024

1. Install "getmail" package

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


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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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 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: getmail
Architecture: all
Version: 5.13-1build1
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: 641
Provides: getmail4
Depends: python2:any (<< 2.8), python2:any (>= 2.7~)
Breaks: getmail4 (<< 5.5-2)
Replaces: getmail4
Filename: pool/universe/g/getmail/getmail_5.13-1build1_all.deb
Size: 157652
MD5sum: 7b5d933a7f3b64c1bc318d4b8643f000
SHA1: f754fceca7875cd05162d3940eedd01936bdb7b5
SHA256: 129b3e941dbb36b3015e8387e977e997b958dd6c46cff69e508e04844f71f0cf
SHA512: 7f3dc84c3c118f4f30330ee944ed3fcb3e62d363c742187ce200c856a903fe6bee497770bb91a73db3b32f4e865f076782cd9ed62599fb15fca7185e208e125b
Homepage: http://pyropus.ca/software/getmail/
Description-en: mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4 and SDPS
getmail is intended as a simple replacement for fetchmail.
It retrieves mail (either all messages, or only unread messages)
from one or more POP3/IMAP4/SDPS servers for one or more email
accounts, and reliably delivers into a qmail-style Maildir, mbox
file or to a command (pipe delivery) like maildrop or procmail,
specified on a per-account basis. getmail also has support for
domain (multidrop) mailboxes.
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Supported protocols:
POP3, POP3-over-SSL, IMAP4, IMAP4-over-SSL, and SDPS mail.
Description-md5: b2f05486f9ac795b073488022d1ce77d