How To Install claws-mail-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-doc on Ubuntu 18.04. claws-mail-doc is User documentation for Claws Mail mailer

Introduction

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

What is claws-mail-doc

claws-mail-doc is:

This package provides the Claws Mail user’s manual. The document is available in text and HTML formats for screen reading, and also PostScript and PDF formats for printing.

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

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

Install claws-mail-doc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install claws-mail-doc

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

sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-doc

How To Uninstall claws-mail-doc on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-doc

Uninstall claws-mail-doc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall claws-mail-doc 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-doc

Remove claws-mail-doc Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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