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

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "fetchmail" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install fetchmail on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall fetchmail on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: fetchmail
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Installed-Size: 924
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Version: 6.3.26-2
Replaces: fetchmail-common, fetchmail-ssl
Provides: fetchmail-ssl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.15), libcomerr2 (>= 1.01), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.10+dfsg~), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.13~alpha1+dfsg), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.1), 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)
Filename: pool/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.3.26-2_amd64.deb
Size: 318772
MD5sum: bf19d0d8fdb41d9880b082a55ba4c2f7
SHA1: d81ae94376310d815ab0360a96ff892e18cda967
SHA256: a5a4b968ce922b70ad32491eba261cf525fe03915a6483c2ae57de54add4af9d
Description-en: SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
fetchmail is a free, full-featured, robust, and well-documented remote mail
retrieval and forwarding utility intended to be used over on-demand TCP/IP
links (such as SLIP or PPP connections). It retrieves mail from remote mail
servers and forwards it to your local (client) machine's delivery system, so
it can then be read by normal mail user agents such as mutt, elm, pine,
(x)emacs/gnus, or mailx. The fetchmailconf package includes an interactive
GUI configurator suitable for end-users.
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Kerberos V and GSSAPI are supported.
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Kerberos IV, RPA, OPIE and other support for some other features are
available if the package is recompiled.
Description-md5: 05cb6c758ac9e6de53b36438f8f52a45
Homepage: http://www.fetchmail.info
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y