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

Last updated: May 07,2024

1. Install "mew" package

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


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mew
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "mew" package

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


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                mew
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the mew package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: mew
Architecture: all
Version: 1:6.8-13
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tatsuya Kinoshita
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 2334
Provides: imap-client, mail-reader, news-reader
Depends: mew-bin (>= 1:5.3), emacsen-common (>= 2.0.8), emacs-nox | emacs | emacs25 | emacs24 | emacs-snapshot, dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Suggests: sensible-utils, w3m-el, gnupg | gnupg2 | gnupg1, gpgsm, ssh, wv, xlhtml, ppthtml, compface, netpbm, x-face-el, mu-cite, mule-ucs, bogofilter | bsfilter | spamassassin, hyperestraier, namazu2, namazu2-index-tools, mhc
Conflicts: mew-beta
Replaces: mew-beta
Filename: pool/universe/m/mew/mew_6.8-13_all.deb
Size: 564048
MD5sum: 47058657dc9099f958af17baa5272869
SHA1: 46ebc7d802f5aea46ebf44047f255913d18586ae
SHA256: 23907a5acb4fa66a17909aedc5416beeef537629f4b0903d34d255ddc77d248b
SHA512: 118037e6e73a6337e500190fa02a37839f7a901df72250f308b96f52f95f43822f3e3791d6245bdf1776a8d53b9e52f88489a99ac8bb7d6ec40bdf37b4949d25
Homepage: http://www.mew.org/
Description-en: mail reader supporting PGP/MIME for Emacs
Mew (Messaging in the Emacs World) is a user interface for text messages,
multimedia messages (MIME), news articles and security functionality
including PGP, S/MIME, SSH and SSL.
.
The features of Mew are as follows:
.
- POP, SMTP, NNTP and IMAP are supported.
- You can easily display a very complicated structured message.
- You can start to read messages before they are all fully listed.
- For refiling, default folders are neatly suggested.
- You can complete field names, e-mail addresses, receiver's names,
domain names and folder names.
- You can easily search messages with keywords etc.
- Thread, a mechanism to display the flow of messages, is supported.
Description-md5: 8fc697b142090d8f7879bd7c8688fd0f