How To Install alot-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install alot-doc on Ubuntu 20.04. alot-doc is Text mode MUA using notmuch mail - documentation

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install alot-doc on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is alot-doc

alot-doc is:

Alot is a terminal-based mail user agent for the notmuch mail system. It features a modular and command prompt driven interface to provide a full MUA experience as an alternative to the Emacs and Vim modes shipped with notmuch.

This package provides detailed documentation on alot usage.

There are three methods to install alot-doc 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 alot-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install alot-doc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install alot-doc

Install alot-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install alot-doc using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install alot-doc

Install alot-doc 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 alot-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install alot-doc

How To Uninstall alot-doc on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the alot-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove alot-doc

Uninstall alot-doc And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove alot-doc

Remove alot-doc Configurations and Data

To remove alot-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge alot-doc

Remove alot-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove alot-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge alot-doc

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Summary

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