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

Last updated: November 07,2024

1. Install "brag" package

Please follow the steps below to install brag on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: brag
Priority: optional
Section: universe/news
Installed-Size: 104
Maintainer: Simon Kelley
Architecture: all
Version: 1.4.1-2
Depends: uudeview, tcl8.3 | tclsh
Filename: pool/universe/b/brag/brag_1.4.1-2_all.deb
Size: 20592
MD5sum: 71d820e28b0c5fddd6e7fe44465b6fd2
SHA1: 07aab18745806202aa4fed0ad5b9250ae644310f
SHA256: 1aa5e72150d324b30fd24e38815f1e3d16caf9443a0b2b59a019da4809c5f6e3
Description-en: Downloads and assembles multipart Usenet binaries
Brag collects and assembles multipart binary attachements from
newsgroups. This is a robust command-line tool, well suited to run
as a cron job.
* Collects and downloads multipart binary attachements
* Supported encodings: uuencode, MIME base64 and yenc
* Filters messages using accept/reject patterns
* Optionally saves message subjects
* Supports NNTP authentication
* Supports non-default NNTP ports
* Can combine parts from different newsgroups or even different servers
* Bulletproof: Restarts from the last successful operation
Description-md5: dd3d49b0f89400bfaf165388caf110be
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu