How To Install thunderbird-globalmenu on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install thunderbird-globalmenu on Ubuntu 18.04. thunderbird-globalmenu is Email, RSS and newsgroup client (transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install thunderbird-globalmenu on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is thunderbird-globalmenu

thunderbird-globalmenu is:

This is a transitional package to ensure that upgrades work correctly. It can be safely removed

There are three methods to install thunderbird-globalmenu 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 thunderbird-globalmenu Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install thunderbird-globalmenu

Install thunderbird-globalmenu Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install thunderbird-globalmenu

Install thunderbird-globalmenu 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 thunderbird-globalmenu using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install thunderbird-globalmenu

How To Uninstall thunderbird-globalmenu on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the thunderbird-globalmenu package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove thunderbird-globalmenu

Uninstall thunderbird-globalmenu And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove thunderbird-globalmenu

Remove thunderbird-globalmenu Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge thunderbird-globalmenu

Remove thunderbird-globalmenu configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thunderbird-globalmenu

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Summary

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