How To Install gnome-shell-mailnag on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-mailnag on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-shell-mailnag package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
