How to Install and Uninstall fetchmail Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 24,2024

You can also install and uninstall the fetchmail on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "fetchmail" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install fetchmail on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "fetchmail" package

Learn how to uninstall fetchmail on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fetchmail
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fetchmail package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: fetchmail
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.4.27-1
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 988
Provides: fetchmail-ssl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.13~alpha1+dfsg), libssl3 (>= 3.0.0~~alpha1), debianutils (>= 1.7), adduser (>= 3.34), lsb-base (>= 3.2-13)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: fetchmailconf, default-mta | mail-transport-agent, resolvconf
Conflicts: fetchmail-common
Breaks: fetchmail-ssl (<= 6.2.5-12), logcheck (<< 1.1.1-9)
Replaces: fetchmail-common, fetchmail-ssl
Filename: pool/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.4.27-1_amd64.deb
Size: 383078
MD5sum: 20f654533bf2d64428e9036772e7a159
SHA1: 614fe31934e0115635cbcd038935c94bcc508cc2
SHA256: 58f3a1b1cf0f9c33f76f8651fd900253edae4b110645396064a06ea0f26dd935
SHA512: 3891d3b6fbb76cdd90127d2bf667d4f6983b462c7e6f88446b89f781368b9cdee9354bb472a712ea172966c3bcf086604f99a46477511e05cec857f71f753b93
Homepage: http://www.fetchmail.info
Description: SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
Description-md5: 05cb6c758ac9e6de53b36438f8f52a45