How To Install lieer on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install lieer on Ubuntu 22.04. lieer is Fast fetch and two-way tag synchronization between notmuch and GMail

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install lieer on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is lieer

lieer is:

This program can pull email and labels (and changes to labels) from your GMail account and store them locally in a maildir with the labels synchronized with a notmuch database. The changes to tags in the notmuch database may be pushed back remotely to your GMail account.

It will not and can not:

  • Add or delete messages on your remote account
  • Modify messages other than their labels

There are three methods to install lieer on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install lieer Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install lieer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install lieer

Install lieer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install lieer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install lieer

Install lieer 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 lieer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lieer

How To Uninstall lieer on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the lieer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove lieer

Uninstall lieer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall lieer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lieer

Remove lieer Configurations and Data

To remove lieer configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge lieer

Remove lieer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove lieer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lieer

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install lieer package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.