How To Install mail-notification on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mail-notification on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is mail-notification
mail-notification 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.
Mail Notification features include:
- multiple mailbox support
- mbox, MH, Maildir, Sylpheed, POP3, IMAP, Gmail and Evolution support
- Mozilla products (Mozilla, SeaMonkey, Thunderbird, …) mailbox support
- SASL authentication support
- APOP authentication support
- SSL/TLS support
- automatic detection of mailbox format
- immediate notification (depends on your settings)
- HIG 2.0 compliance
Note: Evolution support is available with mail-notification-evolution.
There are three methods to install mail-notification on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install mail-notification 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mail-notification
Install mail-notification Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install mail-notification using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mail-notification
Install mail-notification 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 mail-notification using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mail-notification
How To Uninstall mail-notification on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the mail-notification package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mail-notification
Uninstall mail-notification And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mail-notification and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mail-notification
Remove mail-notification Configurations and Data
To remove mail-notification configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mail-notification
Remove mail-notification configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mail-notification configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mail-notification
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mail-notification package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
