How To Install xlbiff 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 xlbiff on Ubuntu.
What is xlbiff
xlbiff is:
Xlbiff presents enough information to tell you: Is this new mail worth reading right now? And it stops distracting you once you decide.
Xlbiff waits in the background, monitoring your mailbox file or IMAP server (or running your custom check-mail script). When a new message arrives, it invokes the MH scan(1) command (or your custom mail-scanning script) and pops up a window with the output (typically the From and Subject line of each new message). If more mail arrives, xlbiff scans again and resizes its preview window accordingly.
Clicking the left mouse button anywhere in the window causes it to vanish. It will also vanish if the mailbox becomes empty. Xlbiff stays out of your way when there is no new mail and pops up only when something requests your attention.
There are three methods to install xlbiff 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 xlbiff Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install xlbiff using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install xlbiff
Install xlbiff Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install xlbiff using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install xlbiff
Install xlbiff 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 xlbiff using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install xlbiff
How To Uninstall xlbiff on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the xlbiff package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove xlbiff
Uninstall xlbiff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall xlbiff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove xlbiff
Remove xlbiff Configurations and Data
To remove xlbiff configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge xlbiff
Remove xlbiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove xlbiff configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xlbiff
Dependencies
xlbiff have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install xlbiff package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.