How to Install and Uninstall mailcap Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: November 26,2024

1. Install "mailcap" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install mailcap on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mailcap" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall mailcap on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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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 mailcap package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: mailcap
Architecture: all
Version: 3.69ubuntu1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: utils
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Mime-Support Packagers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 87
Provides: run-mailcap
Depends: perl, media-types
Recommends: bzip2, file, xz-utils
Breaks: mime-support (<< 3.65)
Replaces: mime-support (<< 3.65)
Filename: pool/main/m/mailcap/mailcap_3.69ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 23660
MD5sum: a7de804fb797a7b5cf2edc6dd63a5c9e
SHA1: ee372fb484e68d75a29e2d99e42dfc411f6a0202
SHA256: 6c768f9eacfcd39b596feebc142e312bb1a1d5e4669c59d2bd13962489d17832
SHA512: 3a0408addc78cdc1526084107029e8e1f43b5b9ebdac4ea272b53d88e21ca2759fe747fed65ebd9b63127bc45f24bef2362a2860a4f3ffd449c3427c774d8d39
Description-en: Debian's mailcap system, and support programs
The mailcap system associates media types with programs that can handle them,
using system and user configuration files. A file's media type is determined
by its extension or by running the "file" command if available.
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Other packages register their programs as viewers/editors/composers/etc by
placing mailcap entry files or FreeDesktop menu entries in predetermined
directories monitored by this package's dpkg triggers.
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This package provides a "run-mailcap" program to open arbitrary files, and in
addition the "see", "edit", "compose", and "print" aliases to display, alter,
create, and print (respectively).
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This package also provides the "debian-view" utility to handle Debian packages
interactively.
Description-md5: e2a107a54e7ece961f5b1e1bfd92b5bb
Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, lamp-server, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-desktop-raspi, mail-server, kubuntu-desktop, xubuntu-core, xubuntu-desktop, lubuntu-desktop, ubuntustudio-desktop-core, ubuntustudio-desktop, ubuntukylin-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi