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

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "offlineimap" package

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


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall offlineimap on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: offlineimap
Priority: optional
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 501
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Ilias Tsitsimpis
Architecture: all
Version: 6.6.1+dfsg1-2
Depends: python-imaplib2 (>= 2.50), python:any (>= 2.7.5-5~)
Recommends: python-socks
Suggests: python-kerberos, doc-base
Filename: pool/universe/o/offlineimap/offlineimap_6.6.1+dfsg1-2_all.deb
Size: 113464
MD5sum: 8c5a82d8abf41d1951c67938f815dfed
SHA1: 80d3a8b670e552d382fdf2e0300a707b36b7f343
SHA256: 0d3e9c16089f01156fa10bac1c2ffddc94e69852257cd383515629bfd0afbf9f
Description-en: IMAP/Maildir synchronization and reader support
OfflineIMAP is a tool to simplify your e-mail reading. With
OfflineIMAP, you can:
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* Read the same mailbox from multiple computers, and have your
changes (deletions, etc.) be automatically reflected on
all computers
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* Use various mail clients to read a single mail box
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* Read mail while offline (on a laptop) and have all changes
synchronized when you get connected again
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* Read IMAP mail with mail readers that do not support IMAP
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* Use SSL (secure connections) to read IMAP mail even if your reader
doesn't support SSL
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* Synchronize your mail using a completely safe and fault-tolerant
algorithm.
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* Customize which mailboxes to synchronize with regular expressions
or lists.
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* Synchronize your mail two to four times faster than with other tools
or other mail readers' internal IMAP support.
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In short, OfflineIMAP is a tool to let you read mail how YOU want to.
Description-md5: eabce055511e2ef73277b8e17d848d55
Homepage: http://offlineimap.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu