How To Install claws-mail-attach-remover on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-attach-remover on Ubuntu 18.04. claws-mail-attach-remover is Mail attachment remover for Claws Mail

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-attach-remover on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is claws-mail-attach-remover

claws-mail-attach-remover is:

This plugin for the Claws Mail mailer provides ways to remove unwanted attachments from received mails.

All attachments are removed from the selected mails when more than one message is selected.

You can also remove individual attachments from messages.

There are three methods to install claws-mail-attach-remover 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 claws-mail-attach-remover Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-attach-remover using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail-attach-remover

Install claws-mail-attach-remover Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-attach-remover using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install claws-mail-attach-remover

Install claws-mail-attach-remover 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 claws-mail-attach-remover using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-attach-remover

How To Uninstall claws-mail-attach-remover on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the claws-mail-attach-remover package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-attach-remover

Uninstall claws-mail-attach-remover And Its Dependencies

To uninstall claws-mail-attach-remover and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove claws-mail-attach-remover

Remove claws-mail-attach-remover Configurations and Data

To remove claws-mail-attach-remover configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail-attach-remover

Remove claws-mail-attach-remover configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove claws-mail-attach-remover configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge claws-mail-attach-remover

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Summary

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