How To Install claws-mail-bogofilter on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-bogofilter on Ubuntu 18.04. claws-mail-bogofilter is Bogofilter plugin for Claws Mail

Introduction

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

What is claws-mail-bogofilter

claws-mail-bogofilter is:

This plugin for Claws Mail will scan received mail using Bogofilter to decide if it is spam or not. Users can also teach Bogofilter to recognise spam or ham using the corresponding menu entries.

There are three methods to install claws-mail-bogofilter 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-bogofilter 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-bogofilter using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail-bogofilter

Install claws-mail-bogofilter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install claws-mail-bogofilter

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

sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-bogofilter

How To Uninstall claws-mail-bogofilter on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-bogofilter

Uninstall claws-mail-bogofilter And Its Dependencies

To uninstall claws-mail-bogofilter 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-bogofilter

Remove claws-mail-bogofilter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail-bogofilter

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge claws-mail-bogofilter

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Summary

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