Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ax25mail-utils on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ax25mail-utils
ax25mail-utils is:
This package provides utilities to download a message list or messages
from a fbb AX.25 bbs:
- axgetlist – read the message list from the BBS
- axgetmail – automatically download messages from the F6FBB BBS
- axgetmsg – download selected messages from F6FBB BBS
- home_bbs – find home BBS or force a home BBS for the callsign
- msgcleanup – delete the messages with their lifetime exceeded
- ulistd – collect FBB BBS messages list sent via unproto frames
- update_routes – update the database of BBS and callsigns
There are three methods to install ax25mail-utils on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ax25mail-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ax25mail-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ax25mail-utils
Install ax25mail-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ax25mail-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ax25mail-utils
Install ax25mail-utils Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ax25mail-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ax25mail-utils
How To Uninstall ax25mail-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ax25mail-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ax25mail-utils
Uninstall ax25mail-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ax25mail-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ax25mail-utils
Remove ax25mail-utils Configurations and Data
To remove ax25mail-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ax25mail-utils
Remove ax25mail-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ax25mail-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ax25mail-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ax25mail-utils package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
