How to Install heirloom-mailx software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

How to Install heirloom-mailx software package in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

heirloom-mailx software package provides feature-rich BSD mail(1) -- transitional package, 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 heirloom-mailx 

heirloom-mailx is installed in your system.

Make ensure the heirloom-mailx package were installed using the commands given below,

$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep heirloom-mailx *

You will get with heirloom-mailx package name, version, architecture and description in a table

heirloom-mailx package basic information:

Distro Ubuntu 16 04 lts xenial xerus
Section Mail
Package heirloom-mailx
Version 14.8.6-1
Description feature-rich BSD mail(1) -- transitional package
Sub Section Mail


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