How to Install and Uninstall enigmail Package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "enigmail" package

Please follow the guidance below to install enigmail on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install enigmail

2. Uninstall "enigmail" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall enigmail on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo):

$ sudo apt remove enigmail $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the enigmail package on Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)

Package: enigmail
Architecture: all
Version: 2:2.2.4-0.2
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: 1385
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_2.2.4-0.2_all.deb
Size: 236404
MD5sum: 848624f00eab5f5bc05db2d8d6c706ee
SHA1: 1496d89f918e4db0256b645929ef679522c03b07
SHA256: efd82976721e0ea173abb67bc5943c82c1501990ba10ef5b070e586ddd758552
SHA512: eb0464ac4ad0118092e1cf640acaaf2b51930ddd4290916b0e879feb33ec82db2aa171146762631031ec9f487aff4cdf1f10dbb50ab505d55de5c50c686cefd0
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.
.
This version of the extension provides a migration assistant for
converting Enigmail configurations to the built-in OpenPGP support in
Thunderbird 78.
.
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: 75ab3b3ab44b194ddf255313f82cca90