How To Install enigmail on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install enigmail on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is enigmail
enigmail is:
OpenPGP extension for Thunderbird. Enigmail allows users to access the features provided by the popular GnuPG software from within Thunderbird.
Enigmail is capable of signing, authenticating, encrypting and decrypting email. Additionally, it supports both the inline PGP format, as well as the PGP/MIME format as described in RFC 3156.
Package: enigmail Architecture: all Version: 2:2.1.6+ds1-1 Priority: optional Section: universe/mail Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Mozilla Extension Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 8992 Provides: icedove-enigmail, thunderbird-enigmail, xul-ext-enigmail Depends: gnupg (>= 2.2.8-2~), gnupg-agent, thunderbird (>= 1:68.0) | icedove (>= 1:68.0) Recommends: pinentry-x11 Breaks: icedove (« 1:68.0), thunderbird (« 1:68.0) Enhances: icedove, thunderbird Filename: pool/universe/e/enigmail/enigmail_2.1.6+ds1-1_all.deb Size: 1092288 MD5sum: 4f7edfadf28910937cbeb0145e29e31d SHA1: 7f6bb1edf98729440063a59aa82dc416d3ad8d62 SHA256: ddaf53bfc1cef678531bdb9e71953921800af6c641a088c64925e1efdf73a59a Homepage: https://www.enigmail.net/ Description-en: GPG support for Thunderbird and Debian Icedove OpenPGP extension for Thunderbird. Enigmail allows users to access the features provided by the popular GnuPG software from within Thunderbird.
Enigmail is capable of signing, authenticating, encrypting and decrypting email. Additionally, it supports both the inline PGP format, as well as the PGP/MIME format as described in RFC 3156.
There are three methods to install enigmail on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install enigmail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install enigmail using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install enigmail
Install enigmail Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install enigmail using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install enigmail
Install enigmail 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 enigmail using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install enigmail
How To Uninstall enigmail on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the enigmail package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove enigmail
Uninstall enigmail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall enigmail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove enigmail
Remove enigmail Configurations and Data
To remove enigmail configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge enigmail
Remove enigmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove enigmail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge enigmail
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install enigmail package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
