How To Install sylpheed-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install sylpheed-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. sylpheed-doc is Light weight e-mail client with GTK+ (documentation)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sylpheed-doc on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is sylpheed-doc

sylpheed-doc is:

This package holds the documentation for sylpheed mailer. It is an HTML manual which describes all the features of sylpheed.

All translations are included in this package.

There are three methods to install sylpheed-doc 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 sylpheed-doc Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sylpheed-doc

Install sylpheed-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sylpheed-doc

Install sylpheed-doc 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 sylpheed-doc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sylpheed-doc

How To Uninstall sylpheed-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the sylpheed-doc package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sylpheed-doc

Uninstall sylpheed-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sylpheed-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sylpheed-doc

Remove sylpheed-doc Configurations and Data

To remove sylpheed-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sylpheed-doc

Remove sylpheed-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sylpheed-doc

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sylpheed-doc package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.