How To Install mail-notification-evolution on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install mail-notification-evolution on Debian 9. mail-notification-evolution is evolution support for mail notification

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mail-notification-evolution on Debian 9.

What is mail-notification-evolution

mail-notification-evolution is:

mail-notification works with system trays implementing the freedesktop.org System Tray Specification, such as the GNOME Panel Notification Area, the xfce4 Notification Area and the KDE System Tray.

This package provides Evolution support for Mail Notification.

There are three methods to install mail-notification-evolution 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 mail-notification-evolution Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install mail-notification-evolution using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install mail-notification-evolution

Install mail-notification-evolution Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mail-notification-evolution using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mail-notification-evolution

Install mail-notification-evolution 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 mail-notification-evolution using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mail-notification-evolution

How To Uninstall mail-notification-evolution on Debian 9

To uninstall only the mail-notification-evolution package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mail-notification-evolution

Uninstall mail-notification-evolution And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mail-notification-evolution

Remove mail-notification-evolution Configurations and Data

To remove mail-notification-evolution configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mail-notification-evolution

Remove mail-notification-evolution configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mail-notification-evolution

Dependencies

mail-notification-evolution have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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