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Install evolution on Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install evolution

Learn how to install evolution with the command sudo apt-get install evolution on Ubuntus.

Quick installation of evolution:

Step 1: Update system:

sudo apt-get update

Step 2: Install: evolution

Ater updaing the OS run following command to install the packae:

sudo apt-get install evolution

Package Details

Package:evolution
Version:3.2.3-0ubuntu6
Maintainer:Ubuntu Developers
Home page:http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/
Description:groupware suite with mail client and organizer Evolution is a groupware suite which integrates mail, calendar, address book, to-do list and memo tools. . Additional features include integration with Exchange servers, newsgroup client, LDAP support and web calendars . Evolution is a graphical application that is part of GNOME, and is distributed by Novell, Inc. . See http://www.novell.com/products/evolution/ for more information. . The following plugins belonging to the "base" set are included. - calendar-file - calendar-http - itip-formatter - python - default-source - addressbook-file - mark-all-read - publish-calendar - caldav - imap-features - google-account-setup - webdav-account-setup - calendar-weather - sa-junk-plugin - bogo-junk-plugin Homepage: http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/
Distro:Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Release:
Repo/Section:gnome

How to install evolution on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

First of all update your system with the command:

sudo apt-get update

Above command will download the package lists for Ubuntu 12.04 LTS on your system. This will update the list of newest versions of packages and its dependencies on your system.

After downloading the latest package list with the help of above you can run the installation process.

If evolution is not installed on your compter then the command 'dpkg -L evolution' will give followin error.

deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ dpkg -L evolution
Package `evolution' is not installed.
Use dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) to examine archive files,
and dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) to list their contents.
deepak@deepak-VirtualBox:~$ 

Installing evolution:

After system update use the following command to install evolution:

sudo apt-get install evolution

Above command will confirm before installing the package on your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Operating System. If you are not already logged in as su, installer will ask you the root password. After completion of the installation you can use the package on your system.

How to uninstall/remove evolution from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS?

Now we will see the commands for uninstalling the evolution from Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. For uninstalling this package you can easily use the apt command and remove the package from Linux Operating System.

To remove the evolution following command is used:

sudo apt-get remove  evolution

Following command is used to remove the evolution package along with its dependencies:

sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove evolution

This will remove evolution and all its dependent packages which is no longer needed in the system.

Completely removing evolution with all configuration files:

Following command should be used with care as it deletes all the configuration files and data:

sudo apt-get purge evolution

or you can use following command also:

sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove evolution

Above command will remove all the configuration files and data associated with evolution package. You can can't recover the delete data, so, use this command with care.

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