How To Install checkgmail on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install checkgmail on Debian 9.
What is checkgmail
checkgmail is:
CheckGmail is an alternative Gmail Notifier for Linux and other *nix systems. It is fast, secure and uses minimal bandwidth via the use of Atom feeds.
CheckGmail is a system tray application that checks a Gmail account for new mail. When new mail is present the tray icon changes, an optional animated popup is displayed and a tooltip displays the number and details of new messages. Configuration is GUI-based and the application is designed to be simple, elegant and unobtrusive.
There are three methods to install checkgmail on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install checkgmail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install checkgmail using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install checkgmail
Install checkgmail Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install checkgmail using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install checkgmail
Install checkgmail 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install checkgmail using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install checkgmail
How To Uninstall checkgmail on Debian 9
To uninstall only the checkgmail package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove checkgmail
Uninstall checkgmail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall checkgmail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove checkgmail
Remove checkgmail Configurations and Data
To remove checkgmail configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge checkgmail
Remove checkgmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove checkgmail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge checkgmail
Dependencies
checkgmail have the following dependencies:
- perl
- libgtk2-perl
- libgtk2-trayicon-perl
- libwww-perl
- libcrypt-ssleay-perl
- libxml-simple-perl
- libcrypt-blowfish-perl
- libfreezethaw-perl
- libio-compress-perl
- libgtk2.0-0
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install checkgmail package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
