How to Install and Uninstall maildir-utils Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "maildir-utils" package

Learn how to install maildir-utils on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                maildir-utils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "maildir-utils" package

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


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

Package: maildir-utils
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 1191
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Norbert Preining
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.9.12-3
Replaces: mailutils (<< 1:2.99.97-3)
Depends: guile-2.0-libs, libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.41.1), libgmime-2.6-0 (>= 2.6.4), libstdc++6 (>= 5.2), libxapian22v5, dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Conflicts: mailutils (<< 1:2.99.97-3)
Filename: pool/universe/m/maildir-utils/maildir-utils_0.9.12-3_amd64.deb
Size: 259860
MD5sum: 15dd3f3fe447d10bd6c6b0eb18f11ef2
SHA1: c172a878e27f7bad56f684e1c214509ca39a41e3
SHA256: d0780f54279309616bf862c02861923e966e12a39b8960fd4baa3651ea6f3d14
Description-en: Set of utilities to deal with Maildirs (upstream name mu)
mu is a set of utilities to deal with Maildirs, specifically,
indexing and searching.
- mu index - recursively scans a collection of email messages, and
stores information found in a database.
- mu find - searches for messages based on some search criteria.
- mu mkmdir - creates a new Maildir.
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mu uses libgmime2 to parse the message, and Xapian to store the message data.
Description-md5: aaeab85e7dcb5678154449cf1aa2188a
Homepage: http://www.djcbsoftware.nl/code/mu/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu