How To Install evolution-rss on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install evolution-rss on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is evolution-rss
evolution-rss is:
This plugin adds RSS Feeds support for evolution mail.
With this package you are able to have RSS in same place as mails, eliminating the need of having a separate RSS reader since a RSS Article is like an email message.
Evolution RSS can display an article using summary view or HTML view.
There are three methods to install evolution-rss 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 evolution-rss Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install evolution-rss using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install evolution-rss
Install evolution-rss Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install evolution-rss using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install evolution-rss
Install evolution-rss 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 evolution-rss using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install evolution-rss
How To Uninstall evolution-rss on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the evolution-rss package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove evolution-rss
Uninstall evolution-rss And Its Dependencies
To uninstall evolution-rss and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove evolution-rss
Remove evolution-rss Configurations and Data
To remove evolution-rss configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge evolution-rss
Remove evolution-rss configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove evolution-rss configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge evolution-rss
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install evolution-rss package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
