How to Install and Uninstall mail-expire Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "mail-expire" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install mail-expire on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mail-expire
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mail-expire" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall mail-expire on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: mail-expire
Priority: optional
Section: universe/utils
Installed-Size: 56
Maintainer: Ubuntu MOTU Developers
Original-Maintainer: Eduard Bloch
Architecture: all
Version: 0.7
Depends: perl, libcompress-zlib-perl, libdate-calc-perl, libmail-mbox-messageparser-perl
Filename: pool/universe/m/mail-expire/mail-expire_0.7_all.deb
Size: 6724
MD5sum: 9c0850e526ba5b73c3d0d79eb23ab54d
SHA1: 848346903f5a518c0be364e9a183b25263c9218d
SHA256: 9006e4f17ed881b1d1bc5530870805dfe44a31f9d87039f5f8c65fdfa2c116b2
Description-en: Utility to extract outdated messages from mbox files
mail-expire is a small and fast script that scans mbox files for messages
that are older than given maximum age and moves them to another (compressed)
mailbox file or just deletes them.
Description-md5: 3d62e85d811821d250be4ae86a1e71ce
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu