How To Install email-reminder on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install email-reminder on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is email-reminder
email-reminder is:
Email-reminder allows users to define events that they want to be reminded of by email. Possible events include birthdays, anniversaries and yearly events. Reminders can be sent on the day of the event and/or a few days beforehand.
This package includes the cron job that checks for events and send reminders once a day, and a simple GUI allowing users to edit the reminders they want to receive.
Make sure you install the anacron package if your computer is turned off at night or the reminders will never get sent.
There are three methods to install email-reminder 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 email-reminder Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install email-reminder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install email-reminder
Install email-reminder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install email-reminder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install email-reminder
Install email-reminder 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 email-reminder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install email-reminder
How To Uninstall email-reminder on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the email-reminder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove email-reminder
Uninstall email-reminder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall email-reminder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove email-reminder
Remove email-reminder Configurations and Data
To remove email-reminder configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge email-reminder
Remove email-reminder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove email-reminder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge email-reminder
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install email-reminder package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
