How To Install claws-mail-gdata-plugin on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-gdata-plugin on Debian 9. claws-mail-gdata-plugin is Access to GData (Google services) for Claws Mail

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-gdata-plugin on Debian 9.

What is claws-mail-gdata-plugin

claws-mail-gdata-plugin is:

This plugin provides access to the Google services using the GData library.

The currently implemented feature is to make your Google contacts available for automatic completion of address headers when composing a mail message.

There are three methods to install claws-mail-gdata-plugin 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 claws-mail-gdata-plugin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-gdata-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail-gdata-plugin

Install claws-mail-gdata-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-gdata-plugin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install claws-mail-gdata-plugin

Install claws-mail-gdata-plugin 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 claws-mail-gdata-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-gdata-plugin

How To Uninstall claws-mail-gdata-plugin on Debian 9

To uninstall only the claws-mail-gdata-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-gdata-plugin

Uninstall claws-mail-gdata-plugin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall claws-mail-gdata-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove claws-mail-gdata-plugin

Remove claws-mail-gdata-plugin Configurations and Data

To remove claws-mail-gdata-plugin configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail-gdata-plugin

Remove claws-mail-gdata-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove claws-mail-gdata-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge claws-mail-gdata-plugin

Dependencies

claws-mail-gdata-plugin have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-gdata-plugin package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.