How To Install wl 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 on Ubuntu.
What is wl
wl 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.
There are three methods to install wl 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install wl
Install wl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install wl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install wl
Install wl 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install wl
How To Uninstall wl on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the wl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove wl
Uninstall wl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall wl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove wl
Remove wl Configurations and Data
To remove wl configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge wl
Remove wl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove wl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge wl
Dependencies
wl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install wl package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.