How To Install claws-mail-spam-report on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-spam-report on Ubuntu 18.04. claws-mail-spam-report is Spam reporting plugin for Claws Mail

Introduction

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

What is claws-mail-spam-report

claws-mail-spam-report is:

This plugin for Claws Mail allows sending reports about spam messages received to spam harvesting sites online.

Currently are supported the signal-spam.fr and spamcop.net sites and also the Debian lists spam nomination system.

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

sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail-spam-report

Install claws-mail-spam-report Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install claws-mail-spam-report

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

sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-spam-report

How To Uninstall claws-mail-spam-report on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-spam-report

Uninstall claws-mail-spam-report And Its Dependencies

To uninstall claws-mail-spam-report 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-spam-report

Remove claws-mail-spam-report Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail-spam-report

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge claws-mail-spam-report

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Summary

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