How To Install claws-mail-managesieve on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-managesieve on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is claws-mail-managesieve
claws-mail-managesieve is:
This plugin for Claws Mail mailer provides an interface for managing filtering scripts on Sieve-compliant mail servers.
It allows creating new, editing and removing existing server scripts. Syntax checking is also available, but knowledge of filtering language is required.
There are three methods to install claws-mail-managesieve 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 claws-mail-managesieve 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-managesieve using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail-managesieve
Install claws-mail-managesieve Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-managesieve using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install claws-mail-managesieve
Install claws-mail-managesieve 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-managesieve using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-managesieve
How To Uninstall claws-mail-managesieve on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the claws-mail-managesieve package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-managesieve
Uninstall claws-mail-managesieve And Its Dependencies
To uninstall claws-mail-managesieve and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove claws-mail-managesieve
Remove claws-mail-managesieve Configurations and Data
To remove claws-mail-managesieve configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail-managesieve
Remove claws-mail-managesieve configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove claws-mail-managesieve configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge claws-mail-managesieve
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-managesieve package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.