alpine software package provides Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful, you can install in your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install alpine
alpine is installed in your system.
Make ensure the alpine package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep alpine *
You will get with alpine package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Ubuntu 12 04 lts precise pangolin |
| Section | |
| Package | alpine |
| Version | 2.02-3.1 |
| Description | Text-based email client, friendly for novices but powerful |
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