How To Install wmail on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmail on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is wmail
wmail is:
wmail is a Window Maker docklet watching your inbox, which is either a ordinary mbox or a directory conforming to qmails Maildir format. It provides a nice little GUI displaying some useful pieces of information about your inbox (as many other nice wm-apps doing nearly the same thing…). Per default it uses the $MAIL environment-variable to locate the inbox you are using, other mailing mechanisms like POP or IMAP are not supported - use a tool like fetchmail to retrieve POP- or IMAP-based mail.
There are three methods to install wmail 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 wmail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install wmail using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wmail
Install wmail Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wmail using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wmail
Install wmail 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 wmail using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wmail
How To Uninstall wmail on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the wmail package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wmail
Uninstall wmail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wmail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wmail
Remove wmail Configurations and Data
To remove wmail configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wmail
Remove wmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wmail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wmail
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wmail package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
