How To Install claws-mail-address-keeper on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-address-keeper on Ubuntu 22.04. claws-mail-address-keeper is Address keeper plugin for Claws Mail

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-address-keeper on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is claws-mail-address-keeper

claws-mail-address-keeper is:

This plugin allows saving outgoing addresses to a designated folder in the address book. Addresses are saved only if not found in the address book to avoid unwanted duplicates.

Selecting which headers are scanned for keeping addresses is also supported, one or several of ‘To’, ‘Cc’ and/or ‘Bcc’.

There are three methods to install claws-mail-address-keeper on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install claws-mail-address-keeper Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-address-keeper using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail-address-keeper

Install claws-mail-address-keeper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-address-keeper using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install claws-mail-address-keeper

Install claws-mail-address-keeper 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 claws-mail-address-keeper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-address-keeper

How To Uninstall claws-mail-address-keeper on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the claws-mail-address-keeper package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-address-keeper

Uninstall claws-mail-address-keeper And Its Dependencies

To uninstall claws-mail-address-keeper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove claws-mail-address-keeper

Remove claws-mail-address-keeper Configurations and Data

To remove claws-mail-address-keeper configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail-address-keeper

Remove claws-mail-address-keeper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge claws-mail-address-keeper

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-address-keeper package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.