How to Install and Uninstall biff Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "biff" package

Please follow the instructions below to install biff on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                biff
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "biff" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall biff on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                biff
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the biff package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: biff
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 100
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dave Holland
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:0.17.pre20000412-5
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.6.1-1), netbase
Filename: pool/universe/b/biff/biff_0.17.pre20000412-5_amd64.deb
Size: 14444
MD5sum: c5221b04f941792dc2a23e4c0d8d1266
SHA1: 46e58caf05692794fbe657d3632a531824a569a7
SHA256: ef4d02c0d7025e6b5d72515b6917256420021c9338dbb0cc2dd691d60f8eed36
Description-en: a mail notification tool
biff is a small program that prints a message to your terminal
when new email arrives. Actually, the message is printed by
the comsat daemon, and biff just enables/disables the u+x
permission flag for the terminal, which comsat uses to determine
whether or not to write to your terminal.
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biff is mainly of historic interest, since there are much better
alternatives (such as xlbiff and gbuffy) that are network-aware and
do not require a daemon. Although there are no known security
problems, running additional services is often considered risky.
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By default, the biff service is disabled. To use biff email
notification, you must enable this service by running 'update-inetd
--enable biff' after the package is installed. You may also need
to modify the configuration of your mail transport agent to enable
comsat notification.
Description-md5: 8371ac164838c91c11bf21c401c5054d
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu