How To Install desktop-webmail on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install desktop-webmail on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is desktop-webmail
desktop-webmail is:
Provides a generic mailto: handler and webmail config dialog that lets the user choose his preferred webmail provider on first run and through the desktops Preferences->Webmail facility.
When clicking on mailto: links on your desktop or in your browser desktop-webmail will take care that the user gets redirected to his webmail of choice’s compose webpage with the proper fields pre-filled in.
Currently default webmail providers are: Gmail, Hotmail, Yahoo and Zoho.
There are three methods to install desktop-webmail 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 desktop-webmail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install desktop-webmail using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install desktop-webmail
Install desktop-webmail Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install desktop-webmail using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install desktop-webmail
Install desktop-webmail 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 desktop-webmail using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install desktop-webmail
How To Uninstall desktop-webmail on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the desktop-webmail package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove desktop-webmail
Uninstall desktop-webmail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall desktop-webmail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove desktop-webmail
Remove desktop-webmail Configurations and Data
To remove desktop-webmail configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge desktop-webmail
Remove desktop-webmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove desktop-webmail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge desktop-webmail
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install desktop-webmail package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
