How To Install gnome-gmail on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-gmail on Kali Linux. gnome-gmail is support for Gmail as the preferred email application in GNOME

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-gmail on Kali Linux.

What is gnome-gmail

gnome-gmail is:

GNOME Gmail integrates the Gmail web interface into the GNOME environment. Once installed, Gmail becomes a choice as the default Mail Reader in the GNOME Preferred Applications administration application. When selected, a Gmail web page will be used whenever an email service is requested.

Logout to complete the configuration.

There are three methods to install gnome-gmail on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install gnome-gmail Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-gmail

Install gnome-gmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-gmail

Install gnome-gmail Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install gnome-gmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-gmail

How To Uninstall gnome-gmail on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gnome-gmail package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gnome-gmail

Uninstall gnome-gmail And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-gmail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-gmail

Remove gnome-gmail Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-gmail configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-gmail

Remove gnome-gmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-gmail

Dependencies

gnome-gmail have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-gmail package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.