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Quick installation of heirloom-mailx:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: heirloom-mailx
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install heirloom-mailx
Package Details | |
| Package: | heirloom-mailx |
| Version: | 12.5-1build1 |
| Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
| Home page: | http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/mailx.html |
| Description: | feature-rich BSD mail(1) Workalike of the classical mail(1). Heirloom mailx can produce and read MIME and S/MIME messages and has greatly improved character-set handling, including support for UTF-8. . It can send messages through a local /usr/bin/sendmail interface or SMTP, using a smarthost. Mail can be read from local mailboxes as well as via POP3 or IMAP connections. Network protocols can be encrypted using SSL/TLS. Homepage: http://heirloom.sourceforge.net/mailx.html |
| Distro: | Ubuntu 12.04 LTS |
| Release: | |
| Repo/Section: | universe/mail |
How to install heirloom-mailx on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
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Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.
After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.
If heirloom-mailx is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L heirloom-mailx' will give followin error.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L heirloom-mailx Package `heirloom-mailx' is not installed. Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$
Installing heirloom-mailx:
After system update use the following command to install heirloom-mailx:
sudo apt-get install heirloom-mailx
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.
How to uninstall/remove heirloom-mailx from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the heirloom-mailx from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the heirloom-mailx following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove heirloom-mailx
Following command is used to remove the heirloom-mailx package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove heirloom-mailx
This will remove heirloom-mailx and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing heirloom-mailx with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge heirloom-mailx
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove heirloom-mailx
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with heirloom-mailx package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.
