How To Install plasma-gmailfeed on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-gmailfeed on Kali Linux. plasma-gmailfeed is plasmoid that shows your Gmail feed with notifications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install plasma-gmailfeed on Kali Linux.

What is plasma-gmailfeed

plasma-gmailfeed is:

Gmail Feed is a lightweight plasmoid for Plasma 5. It provides a list of unread emails from your Gmail inbox. It also notifies you when new messages are received.

Essentially, it is an xbiff that uses an Atom feed rather than POP3 or IMAP. At this time it exclusively supports Gmail and does not support limiting the feed to labels or sections like Primary, Social, Promotions, or Forums.

There are three methods to install plasma-gmailfeed 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 plasma-gmailfeed Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install plasma-gmailfeed

Install plasma-gmailfeed Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install plasma-gmailfeed

Install plasma-gmailfeed 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 plasma-gmailfeed using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install plasma-gmailfeed

How To Uninstall plasma-gmailfeed on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the plasma-gmailfeed package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove plasma-gmailfeed

Uninstall plasma-gmailfeed And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove plasma-gmailfeed

Remove plasma-gmailfeed Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge plasma-gmailfeed

Remove plasma-gmailfeed configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge plasma-gmailfeed

Dependencies

plasma-gmailfeed have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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