How To Install evolution-data-server on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install evolution-data-server on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is evolution-data-server
evolution-data-server is:
The data server, called “Evolution Data Server” is responsible for managing mail, calendar, addressbook, tasks and memo information. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: evolution-data-server Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: gnome Installed-Size: 2752 Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.4-0ubuntu1 Replaces: evolution (« 3.29.90), libevolution (« 3.29.90) Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcamel-1.2-62 (= 3.36.4-0ubuntu1), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libdb5.3, libebackend-1.2-10 (= 3.36.4-0ubuntu1), libebook-1.2-20 (>= 3.17), libebook-contacts-1.2-3 (>= 3.25.90), libecal-2.0-1 (>= 3.33.4), libedata-book-1.2-26 (>= 3.33.91), libedata-cal-2.0-1 (>= 3.26.2), libedataserver-1.2-24 (>= 3.35.91), libedataserverui-1.2-2 (= 3.36.4-0ubuntu1), libgcr-base-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libgcr-ui-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libgdata22 (>= 0.17.10), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.45.6), libgoa-1.0-0b (>= 3.11.90), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.10), libgweather-3-16 (>= 3.10.0), libical3 (>= 3.0.7), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.42), libxml2 (>= 2.9.0), evolution-data-server-common (>= 3.36.4-0ubuntu1), gnome-keyring Suggests: evolution Breaks: evolution (« 3.29.90), libevolution (« 3.29.90) Conffiles: /etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.Evolution-alarm-notify.desktop e591aaa80d3d094eb598393231176811 Description-en: evolution database backend server The data server, called “Evolution Data Server” is responsible for managing mail, calendar, addressbook, tasks and memo information. Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution
Package: evolution-data-server Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.3-0ubuntu1.1 Priority: optional Section: gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2752 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcamel-1.2-62 (= 3.36.3-0ubuntu1.1), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libdb5.3, libebackend-1.2-10 (= 3.36.3-0ubuntu1.1), libebook-1.2-20 (>= 3.17), libebook-contacts-1.2-3 (>= 3.25.90), libecal-2.0-1 (>= 3.33.4), libedata-book-1.2-26 (>= 3.33.91), libedata-cal-2.0-1 (>= 3.26.2), libedataserver-1.2-24 (>= 3.35.91), libedataserverui-1.2-2 (= 3.36.3-0ubuntu1.1), libgcr-base-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libgcr-ui-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libgdata22 (>= 0.17.10), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.45.6), libgoa-1.0-0b (>= 3.11.90), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.10), libgweather-3-16 (>= 3.10.0), libical3 (>= 3.0.7), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.42), libxml2 (>= 2.9.0), evolution-data-server-common (>= 3.36.3-0ubuntu1.1), gnome-keyring Suggests: evolution Breaks: evolution (« 3.29.90), libevolution (« 3.29.90) Replaces: evolution (« 3.29.90), libevolution (« 3.29.90) Filename: pool/main/e/evolution-data-server/evolution-data-server_3.36.3-0ubuntu1.1_amd64.deb Size: 677680 MD5sum: 5ec54d6bd3ea5166fec78cb42ac0d3c8 SHA1: ac676994817a5558c38e323227d19bd9b15c20f4 SHA256: 1c30b866f6924270774647379031c3a800e734dd6c72613bb7cf68e8aff9c08b SHA512: b70146f1995b46670c2e672e3982fe81028b0c7918d44fae67b8fd319d6a6b7cdcf8db2115ff9498e3a62805d97deadb941a902a45c719872db75735731579ee Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution Description-en: evolution database backend server The data server, called “Evolution Data Server” is responsible for managing mail, calendar, addressbook, tasks and memo information. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
Package: evolution-data-server Architecture: amd64 Version: 3.36.1-2 Priority: optional Section: gnome Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian GNOME Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 2752 Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libcamel-1.2-62 (= 3.36.1-2), libcanberra-gtk3-0 (>= 0.25), libcanberra0 (>= 0.2), libdb5.3, libebackend-1.2-10 (= 3.36.1-2), libebook-1.2-20 (>= 3.17), libebook-contacts-1.2-3 (>= 3.25.90), libecal-2.0-1 (>= 3.33.4), libedata-book-1.2-26 (>= 3.33.91), libedata-cal-2.0-1 (>= 3.26.2), libedataserver-1.2-24 (>= 3.35.91), libedataserverui-1.2-2 (= 3.36.1-2), libgcr-base-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libgcr-ui-3-1 (>= 3.8.0), libgdata22 (>= 0.17.10), libglib2.0-0 (>= 2.45.6), libgoa-1.0-0b (>= 3.11.90), libgtk-3-0 (>= 3.10), libgweather-3-16 (>= 3.10.0), libical3 (>= 3.0.7), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7), libpango-1.0-0 (>= 1.14.0), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), libsoup2.4-1 (>= 2.42), libxml2 (>= 2.9.0), evolution-data-server-common (>= 3.36.1-2), gnome-keyring Suggests: evolution Breaks: evolution (« 3.29.90), libevolution (« 3.29.90) Replaces: evolution (« 3.29.90), libevolution (« 3.29.90) Filename: pool/main/e/evolution-data-server/evolution-data-server_3.36.1-2_amd64.deb Size: 677016 MD5sum: 8660b88e736ef62e456b06daffe14af1 SHA1: 38585a3db0320f95dd12cd906414ea5ca67068e3 SHA256: 5d43811f848004cff6f7c3834f02baa16f1338da8b80e2f7c5c3eda50805aa5a Homepage: https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Evolution Description-en: evolution database backend server The data server, called “Evolution Data Server” is responsible for managing mail, calendar, addressbook, tasks and memo information. Task: ubuntu-desktop-minimal, ubuntu-desktop, ubuntu-mate-core, ubuntu-mate-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop
There are three methods to install evolution-data-server 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 evolution-data-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install evolution-data-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install evolution-data-server
Install evolution-data-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install evolution-data-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install evolution-data-server
Install evolution-data-server 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 evolution-data-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install evolution-data-server
How To Uninstall evolution-data-server on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the evolution-data-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove evolution-data-server
Uninstall evolution-data-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall evolution-data-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove evolution-data-server
Remove evolution-data-server Configurations and Data
To remove evolution-data-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge evolution-data-server
Remove evolution-data-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove evolution-data-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge evolution-data-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install evolution-data-server package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.