How To Install wl-beta 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 wl-beta on Ubuntu.

What is `wl-beta`

wl-beta is:

Wanderlust is a mail/news management system on emacsen. It supports IMAP4rev1 (RFC2060), NNTP, POP and local message files.

The main features of Wanderlust:

Pure elisp implementation.
Supports IMAP4rev1, NNTP, POP (POP3/APOP), MH and Maildir format.
Unified access method to messages based on Mew-like Folder Specification.
Mew-like Key-bind and mark handling.
Manages unread messages.
Interactive thread display.
Folder Mode shows the list of subscribed folders.
Message Cache, Disconnected Operation.
MH-like FCC. (Fcc: %Backup and Fcc: $Backup is allowed).
MIME compliant (by SEMI).
Transmission of news and mail are unified by Message transmitting draft.
Graphical list of folders.
View a part of message without retrieving the whole message (IMAP4).
Server-side message look up (IMAP4). Multi-byte characters are allowed.
Virtual Folders.
Supports compressed folder using common archiving utilities.
Old articles in folders are automatically removed/archived (Expiration).
Automatic re-file.
Template function makes it convenient to send fixed form messages.

This package provides a development snapshot version of Wanderlust.

There are three methods to install wl-beta 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 wl-beta Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install wl-beta

Install wl-beta Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install wl-beta

Install wl-beta 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 wl-beta using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install wl-beta

How To Uninstall wl-beta on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the wl-beta package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove wl-beta

Uninstall wl-beta And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove wl-beta

Remove wl-beta Configurations and Data

To remove wl-beta configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge wl-beta

Remove wl-beta configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wl-beta

Dependencies

wl-beta have the following dependencies:

References

wl-beta website

Summary

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