How to install fdm On Ubuntu 16.04 Lts? Uninstall and remove fdm Package
In this tutorial you will learn how to update and install fdm On Ubuntu 16.04 Lts? Learn how to uninstall and completely remove the package fdm from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS Operating System.
Quick installation of fdm:
Step 1: Update system:
sudo apt-get update
Step 2: Install: fdm
Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:
sudo apt-get install fdm
Package Details | |
Package: | fdm |
Version: | 1.7+cvs20140912-1 |
Maintainer: | Ubuntu Developers |
Home page: | http://fdm.sf.net |
Description: | fetching, filtering and delivering emails |
Distro: | Ubuntu 16.04 |
Release: | Xenial Xerus |
Repo/Section: | universe/mail |
How to install fdm on Ubuntu 16.04?
First of all update your system with the command:
sudo apt-get update
Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 16.04 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 fdm is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L fdm' will give followin error.
deepak@deepakub16:~$ dpkg -L fdm dpkg-query: package 'fdm' is not installed Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files, and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents. deepak@deepakub16:~$
Installing fdm:
After system update use the following command to install fdm:
sudo apt-get install fdm
Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 16.04 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 fdm from Ubuntu 16.04?
Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the fdm from Ubuntu 16.04. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.
To remove the fdm following command is used:
sudo apt-get remove fdm
Following command is used to remove the fdm package along with its dependencies:
sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove fdm
This will remove fdm and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.
Completely removing fdm with all configuration files:
Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:
sudo apt-get purge fdm
or you can use following command also:
sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove fdm
Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with fdm package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.