How To Install claws-mail-extra-plugins on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-extra-plugins on Ubuntu 22.04. claws-mail-extra-plugins is Extra plugins collection for Claws Mail

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-extra-plugins on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is claws-mail-extra-plugins

claws-mail-extra-plugins is:

This is a metapackage for installing all extra plugins packages available from the upstream site for the Claws Mail mailer.

Historically these were plugins shipped in a separate tarball but nowadays they are included in Claws Mail sources.

See each individual package description for further details.

There are three methods to install claws-mail-extra-plugins 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 claws-mail-extra-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 claws-mail-extra-plugins using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail-extra-plugins

Install claws-mail-extra-plugins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-extra-plugins using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install claws-mail-extra-plugins

Install claws-mail-extra-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 claws-mail-extra-plugins using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-extra-plugins

How To Uninstall claws-mail-extra-plugins on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the claws-mail-extra-plugins package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-extra-plugins

Uninstall claws-mail-extra-plugins And Its Dependencies

To uninstall claws-mail-extra-plugins and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove claws-mail-extra-plugins

Remove claws-mail-extra-plugins Configurations and Data

To remove claws-mail-extra-plugins configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail-extra-plugins

Remove claws-mail-extra-plugins configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove claws-mail-extra-plugins configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge claws-mail-extra-plugins

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Summary

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