How To Install libevolution on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevolution on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is libevolution
libevolution is:
This package contains libraries used by Evolution. Task: ubuntu-mate-desktop
Package: libevolution Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.1-2 Priority: optional Section: universe/gnome Source: evolution Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 9846 Depends: libatk1.0-0 (>= 1.12.4), libc6 (>= 2.29), libcairo-gobject2 (>= 1.10.0), libcairo2 (>= 1.10.0), libcamel-1.2-62 (>= 3.36.1), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libchamplain-0.12-0 (>= 0.11.0), libchamplain-gtk-0.12-0 (>= 0.11.0), libclutter-1.0-0 (>= 1.10.0), libebook-1.2-20 (>= 3.36.1), libebook-contacts-1.2-3 (>= 3.16.2), libecal-2.0-1 (>= 3.36.1), libedataserver-1.2-24 (>= 3.36.1), libedataserverui-1.2-2 (>= 3.36.1), libenchant-2-2 (>= 2.2.3), libgail-3-0 (>= 3.0.2), libgcr-base-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libgcr-ui-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0 (>= 2.24.0), libgeocode-glib0 (>= 3.10), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.55.2), libgnome-autoar-0-0 (>= 0.1.1), libgnome-autoar-gtk-0-0 (>= 0.1.1), libgnome-desktop-3-19 (>= 3.17.92), libgspell-1-2 (>= 1.8.2), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.22.6), libgweather-3-16 (>= 3.10.0), libical3 (>= 3.0.0), libjavascriptcoregtk-4.0-18, libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libnspr4 (>= 2:4.9-2~), libnss3 (>= 2:3.13.4-2~), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.20.0), libpangocairo-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.42), libsqlite3-0 (>= 3.5.9), libwayland-server0 (>= 1.0.2), libwebkit2gtk-4.0-37 (>= 2.24), libxml2 (>= 2.7.4), libytnef0 (>= 0.0.0), evolution-common (= 3.36.1-2) Filename: pool/universe/e/evolution/libevolution_3.36.1-2_amd64.deb Size: 2557308 MD5sum: 80b3507d410417260fef76cd565325e3 SHA1: ad880607315da4f6e33a8d918908651dfcb641a0 SHA256: 62910daaa07a950fdb99b1263d3e5310ed776727db20596379f79af8ec3016c8 Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution Description-en: evolution libraries This package contains libraries used by Evolution. Task: ubuntu-mate-desktop
There are three methods to install libevolution 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 libevolution Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install libevolution using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libevolution
Install libevolution Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libevolution using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libevolution
Install libevolution 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 libevolution using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libevolution
How To Uninstall libevolution on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the libevolution package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libevolution
Uninstall libevolution And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libevolution and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libevolution
Remove libevolution Configurations and Data
To remove libevolution configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libevolution
Remove libevolution configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libevolution configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libevolution
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libevolution package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.