How To Install gnome-shell-mailnag on Debian 12

Learn how to install gnome-shell-mailnag on Debian 12 with this tutorial. gnome-shell-mailnag is mail notification extension for GNOME Shell

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-mailnag on Debian 12.

What is gnome-shell-mailnag

gnome-shell-mailnag is:

This package provides GNOME Shell integration for Mailnag. It includes the following features:

  • Notifies about new mails via the messaging tray (including a counter badge)
  • Shows an indicator in the top panel (including counter badge and popup menu)
  • Lock screen integration

There are three methods to install gnome-shell-mailnag on Debian 12. 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-shell-mailnag 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-shell-mailnag using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install gnome-shell-mailnag

Install gnome-shell-mailnag Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnome-shell-mailnag

Install gnome-shell-mailnag 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install gnome-shell-mailnag

How To Uninstall gnome-shell-mailnag on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove gnome-shell-mailnag

Uninstall gnome-shell-mailnag And Its Dependencies

To uninstall gnome-shell-mailnag and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-shell-mailnag

Remove gnome-shell-mailnag Configurations and Data

To remove gnome-shell-mailnag configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-shell-mailnag

Remove gnome-shell-mailnag configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-shell-mailnag

Dependencies

gnome-shell-mailnag have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-mailnag package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.