How To Install gnome-gmail on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-gmail on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gnome-gmail
gnome-gmail is:
GNOME Gmail integrates the Gmail web interface into the GNOME environment. Once installed, Gmail becomes a choice as the default Mail Reader in the GNOME Preferred Applications administration application. When selected, a Gmail web page will be used whenever an email service is requested.
Logout to complete the configuration.
There are three methods to install gnome-gmail 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 gnome-gmail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-gmail using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gnome-gmail
Install gnome-gmail Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gnome-gmail using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gnome-gmail
Install gnome-gmail 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 gnome-gmail using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gnome-gmail
How To Uninstall gnome-gmail on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gnome-gmail package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gnome-gmail
Uninstall gnome-gmail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gnome-gmail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnome-gmail
Remove gnome-gmail Configurations and Data
To remove gnome-gmail configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gnome-gmail
Remove gnome-gmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gnome-gmail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnome-gmail
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gnome-gmail package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
