How To Install geany-plugin-sendmail on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-sendmail on Ubuntu 20.04. geany-plugin-sendmail is mailer plugin for Geany

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-sendmail on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is geany-plugin-sendmail

geany-plugin-sendmail is:

GeanySendMail is a plugin to send a document as attachment using the preferred mail client from inside Geany. It is similar to the envelope symbol of most office tools and requires a mail client that is supporting remote calls.

Geany is a small and lightweight integrated development environment using the Gtk+ toolkit.

There are three methods to install geany-plugin-sendmail on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install geany-plugin-sendmail Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-sendmail using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install geany-plugin-sendmail

Install geany-plugin-sendmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-sendmail using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install geany-plugin-sendmail

Install geany-plugin-sendmail 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install geany-plugin-sendmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install geany-plugin-sendmail

How To Uninstall geany-plugin-sendmail on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the geany-plugin-sendmail package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove geany-plugin-sendmail

Uninstall geany-plugin-sendmail And Its Dependencies

To uninstall geany-plugin-sendmail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove geany-plugin-sendmail

Remove geany-plugin-sendmail Configurations and Data

To remove geany-plugin-sendmail configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge geany-plugin-sendmail

Remove geany-plugin-sendmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge geany-plugin-sendmail

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install geany-plugin-sendmail package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.