How To Install afew on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install afew on Ubuntu.
What is afew
afew is:
The basic task of afew is to provide automatic tagging each time new mail is registered with notmuch. In a classic setup, you might call it after ’notmuch new’ in an offlineimap post sync hook.
In addition to more elementary features such as adding tags based on email headers or maildir folders, handling killed threads and spam, it can do some heavy magic in order to /learn/ how to initially tag your mails based on their content.
In move mode, afew will move mails between maildir folders according to configurable rules that can contain arbitrary notmuch queries to match against any searchable attributes.
There are three methods to install afew on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install afew Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install afew using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install afew
Install afew Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install afew using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install afew
Install afew 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 afew using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install afew
How To Uninstall afew on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the afew package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove afew
Uninstall afew And Its Dependencies
To uninstall afew and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove afew
Remove afew Configurations and Data
To remove afew configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge afew
Remove afew configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove afew configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge afew
Dependencies
afew have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install afew package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.