How To Install roundcube-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install roundcube-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is roundcube-plugins
roundcube-plugins is:
RoundCube Webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an application-like user interface. It provides full functionality expected from an e-mail client, including MIME support, address book, folder manipulation and message filters.
The user interface is fully skinnable using XHTML and CSS 2.
This package provides several plugins for Roundcube. They should be enabled in the configuration of Roundcube.
There are three methods to install roundcube-plugins 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 roundcube-plugins Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install roundcube-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install roundcube-plugins
Install roundcube-plugins Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install roundcube-plugins using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install roundcube-plugins
Install roundcube-plugins 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 roundcube-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install roundcube-plugins
How To Uninstall roundcube-plugins on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the roundcube-plugins package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove roundcube-plugins
Uninstall roundcube-plugins And Its Dependencies
To uninstall roundcube-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove roundcube-plugins
Remove roundcube-plugins Configurations and Data
To remove roundcube-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge roundcube-plugins
Remove roundcube-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove roundcube-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge roundcube-plugins
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install roundcube-plugins package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
