How To Install claws-mail on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail on Ubuntu 20.04. claws-mail is Fast, lightweight and user-friendly GTK+2 based email client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is claws-mail

claws-mail is:

Claws Mail is a powerful and full-featured mail client formerly called Sylpheed-Claws. It is also extensible using loadable plugins, which can provide support for additional features, like other storage formats, feed reader, calendar management, mail filtering, etc.

There are three methods to install claws-mail 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail

Install claws-mail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install claws-mail

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

sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail

How To Uninstall claws-mail on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove claws-mail

Uninstall claws-mail And Its Dependencies

To uninstall claws-mail 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

Remove claws-mail Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail

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

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

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

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Summary

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