How to Install getmail4 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install getmail4 software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

getmail4 software package provides mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4 and SDPS, you can install in your Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) by running the commands given below on the terminal,

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install getmail4 

getmail4 is installed in your system.

Make ensure the getmail4 package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep getmail4 *

You will get with getmail4 package name, version, architecture and description in a table

getmail4 package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Mail
Package getmail4
Version 4.48.0-1
Description mail retriever with support for POP3, IMAP4 and SDPS
Sub Section Mail


See Also, How to uninstall or remove getmail4 software package from Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) ?