How To Install claws-mail-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04. claws-mail-plugins is Installs plugins for the Claws Mail mailer

Introduction

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

What is claws-mail-plugins

claws-mail-plugins is:

This is a metapackage to install core plugin packages provided by the Claws Mail sources. Historically these were the only plugins provided along with Claws Mail itself.

See the claws-mail-extra-plugins package for more plugins.

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

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

Install claws-mail-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install claws-mail-plugins

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

sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-plugins

How To Uninstall claws-mail-plugins on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-plugins

Uninstall claws-mail-plugins And Its Dependencies

To uninstall claws-mail-plugins 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-plugins

Remove claws-mail-plugins Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

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Summary

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