How To Install goobook on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install goobook
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is goobook
goobook is:
GooBook is a command-line interface to Google contacts which supports:
- Searching contacts
- Adding new contacts
- Mutt integration GooBook is written in Python and is designed for use with MUAs such as Mutt in the same way as abook.
There are three methods to install goobook
on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get
, apt
and aptitude
. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install goobook Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install goobook
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install goobook
Install goobook Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install goobook
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install goobook
Install goobook 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 goobook
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install goobook
How To Uninstall goobook on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the goobook
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove goobook
Uninstall goobook And Its Dependencies
To uninstall goobook
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove goobook
Remove goobook Configurations and Data
To remove goobook
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge goobook
Remove goobook configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove goobook
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge goobook
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install goobook
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.