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How to Install Geary on Debian 9

To Install Geary on Debian 9

Geary email is a free ad open source email client available for the GNOME 3 desktop environment. Not having a RSS reader or calendar, which are available on Thunderbird, makes Geary lightweight to use. Since, Geary doesn' t support POP3, IMAP protocol should be used to access emails. In a nutshell, Geary email aims to be a simple and modern email client.

The recent stable version of Geary comes with the following updates and bug fixes :

  • Add archive special folder support
  • Add is:read, is:unread: is:starred search operators
  • Fix using multiple search operators &ndash to:, from:, etc.
  • Work around crashes caused by WebKitGTK+ 2.4.10
  • Fix a crash when searching
  • Fix images not being displayed in some HTML messages
  • Fix empty main window when opened from notification
  • Fix UI freezing when network connections are lost
  • Work better with Cyrus & other servers when network unreliable
  • Enable use of custom FTS3 tokeniser in SQLite 3.12 and later
  • Fix inconsistent Composer &lsquo Detach&rsquo button placement
  • Documentation improvements
  • Update deb module dependencies
  • Updated UI translations
  • Updated doc translations

Installing Geary

Make sure you add the required repo on source list file before you begin the installation process. Use the following command to open the file.


root@linuxhelp:~#  nano /etc/apt/sources.list

Once the file is opened, add the following lines in it. Save and exit once added.


deb http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free
deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian/ stable main contrib non-free

After that, update the apt source list as follows.


root@linuxhelp:~#  apt-get update Get:1 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable-updates InRelease \[88.5 kB\]
Get:2 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports InRelease \[87.3 kB\] 
Get:3 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates InRelease \[62.9 kB\]
Get:4 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main Sources.diff/Index \[10.1 kB\]
Get:5 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main amd64 Packages.diff/Index \[7,624 B\]
Ign:6 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable InRelease      
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main Sources 2017-07-25-1416.34.pdiff \[704 B\]
Get:7 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main Sources 2017-07-25-1416.34.pdiff \[704 B\]
Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main amd64 Packages 2017-07-25-2017.24.pdiff \[728 B\]
Get:8 http://ftp.debian.org/debian stretch-backports/main amd64 Packages 2017-07-25-2017.24.pdiff \[728 B\]
Get:9 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates/main Sources \[46.7 kB\]
Get:10 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates/main amd64 Packages \[119 kB\]
Get:11 http://deb.debian.org/debian-security stable/updates/main Translation-en \[49.2 kB\]
Get:12 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable Release \[118 kB\]
Get:13 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable Release.gpg \[2,373 B\]
Get:14 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/non-free Sources \[79.7 kB\]
Get:15 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main Sources \[6,749 kB\]             
Get:16 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/contrib Sources \[44.7 kB\]
Get:17 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 Packages \[7,095 kB\]      
Get:18 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main Translation-en \[5,393 kB\]      
Get:19 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 DEP-11 Metadata \[3,066 kB\]
Get:20 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main DEP-11 64x64 Icons \[6,804 kB\]  
Get:21 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/contrib amd64 Packages \[50.9 kB\]
Get:22 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/contrib Translation-en \[45.9 kB\]
Get:23 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/contrib amd64 DEP-11 Metadata \[7,308 B\]
Get:24 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/contrib DEP-11 64x64 Icons \[100 kB\]
Get:25 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/non-free amd64 Packages \[77.9 kB\]
Get:26 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/non-free Translation-en \[79.2 kB\]
Get:27 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/non-free amd64 DEP-11 Metadata \[7,180 B\]
Get:28 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/non-free DEP-11 64x64 Icons \[30.0 kB\]
Fetched 30.2 MB in 58s (519 kB/s)       
Reading package lists... Done

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Now is the time to install the Geary package. Use the following command for the same purpose.


root@linuxhelp:~# apt-get install geary Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
The following NEW packages will be installed:
  geary
0 upgraded, 1 newly installed, 0 to remove and 35 not upgraded.
Need to get 0 B/1,496 kB of archives.
After this operation, 6,286 kB of additional disk space will be used.
Selecting previously unselected package geary.
(Reading database ... 125935 files and directories currently installed.)
Preparing to unpack .../geary\_0.11.3-1\_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking geary (0.11.3-1) ...
Processing triggers for mime-support (3.60) ...
Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.23-1) ...
Processing triggers for libglib2.0-0:amd64 (2.50.3-2) ...
Setting up geary (0.11.3-1) ...
Processing triggers for man-db (2.7.6.1-2) ...
Processing triggers for gnome-menus (3.13.3-9) ...
Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.15-1) ...

Geary has been installed. You can use your activities search bar to find and access it. Type Geary on it.

When the Geary icon appears, click on it to open.

With this the complete installation of Geary is completed.

Tag : debian Geary E-Mail Client Email-Client
FAQ
Q
What is the purpose of using the Geary Email in ubuntu?
A
Geary is a lightweight email client, written in Vala, and is built for the Gnome desktop.It allows you to read, find and send email with a straightforward, modern interface. Conversations allow you to read a complete discussion without having to find and click from message to message. It isupports several email services such as GMail, Yahoo! Mail, Outlook.com and other IMAP servers.
Q
Do they support Outlook services in geary?
A
Yes they do supports several email services such as GMail, Yahoo! Mail, Outlook.com and other IMAP servers
Q
What is the best other variant for Geary?
A
Thunderbird designed by mozilla firefox try for it.
Q
How do I backup Geary mail?
A
Geary’s configuration is stored in ~/.config/geary (that is, /home//.config/geary), backing up that or (even better) your entire ~/.config directory will make a copy of Geary’s account information that can be restored later by moving it back into place.
Q
How to uninstall this package in Geary?
A
run the following cmmand as "apt-get remove geary".