{"id":6184,"date":"2021-05-02T22:20:26","date_gmt":"2021-05-02T22:20:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/?p=6184"},"modified":"2021-05-02T22:20:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-02T22:20:26","slug":"install-geary-on-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/de\/mint\/install-geary-on-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"Install Geary on Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Introduction:<\/h2>\n<p>Geary is a free and open-source email client for the Linux-based systems. It acts as a good alternative for the Thunderbird email client. Geary was developed back in 2012. Today, we will see how we can install this email client on our Linux Mint 20 system.<\/p>\n<h2>Method of Installing Geary on Linux Mint 20:<\/h2>\n<p>For installing Geary on your Linux Mint 20 system, you will have to perform the following steps:<\/p>\n<h3>Step # 1: Perform a System Update on your Linux Mint 20 System:<\/h3>\n<p>First, you need to update your Linux system with this command:<\/p>\n<pre><strong>$ sudo apt update<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"371\" height=\"26\" class=\"wp-image-6185\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-421.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-421.png 371w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-421-300x21.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 371px) 100vw, 371px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>After updating your system, you can install Geary on your Linux system.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"646\" height=\"411\" class=\"wp-image-6186\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-422.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-422.png 646w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-422-300x191.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 646px) 100vw, 646px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step # 2: Install Geary on your Linux Mint 20 System:<\/h3>\n<p>Geary can be installed on Linux Mint 20 with the command shown below:<\/p>\n<pre><strong>$ sudo apt install geary<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"28\" class=\"wp-image-6187\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-423.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-423.png 424w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-423-300x20.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The installation of Geary will take a few moments to complete and the messages shown in the following image will indicate its completion:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"579\" height=\"378\" class=\"wp-image-6188\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-424.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-424.png 579w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-424-300x196.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 579px) 100vw, 579px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Step # 3: Verify the Installation of Geary on your Linux Mint 20 System:<\/h3>\n<p>You can confirm the installation of Geary by checking out its version with the command shown below:<\/p>\n<pre><strong>$ geary --version<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"25\" class=\"wp-image-6189\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-425.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-425.png 368w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-425-300x20.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The version of Geary installed on our system is shown in the following image. This also indicates that Geary has been successfully installed on our Linux system.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"368\" height=\"56\" class=\"wp-image-6190\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-426.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-426.png 368w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-426-300x46.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Removing Geary from Linux Mint 20:<\/h2>\n<p>If you want to remove the Geary email client from your Linux system, then you will have to execute the command shown below:<\/p>\n<pre><strong>$ sudo apt-get purge --autoremove geary<\/strong><\/pre>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"544\" height=\"26\" class=\"wp-image-6191\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-427.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-427.png 544w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-427-300x14.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 544px) 100vw, 544px\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This one-liner command will remove Geary along with its configuration files and all the additional packages and dependencies as shown in the following image:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"594\" height=\"411\" class=\"wp-image-6192\" src=\"http:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-428.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-428.png 594w, https:\/\/linuxways.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/word-image-428-300x208.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 594px) 100vw, 594px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2>Conclusion:<\/h2>\n<p>You can see from today\u2019s tutorial how easy it is to install Geary on a Linux Mint 20 system. However, if you do not want to use this email client anymore, then you can remove it from your Linux system all the more conveniently.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Introduction: Geary is a free and open-source email client for the Linux-based systems. It acts as a good alternative for the Thunderbird email client. 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