How to Install Geary 0.4.1 in Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.10 [PPA]

Last updated: November 14, 2013

Yorba’s IMAP mail client Geary 0.4.1 has been announced. All users are recommended to upgrade as it corrects a number of bugs. Fixes and updates include:

  • Compile-time support for WebKitGTK 2.2
  • Fixes IMAP STARTTLS failure to connect bug
  • Works around LIST bug in IceWarp IMAP servers (crasher)
  • Solves crash when IMAP connect fails due to timeout
  • CamelCased MIME types now handled properly (prevents blank emails)
  • Adds missing RTL icons
  • New translations
geary 0.4.1 in aUbuntu 13.10

geary 0.4.1 in aUbuntu 13.10

To get started installing or upgrading Geary Mail client, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands below one by one:

For Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10 and their derivatives, install it from Yorba PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/ppa

sudo apt-get update 

sudo apt-get install geary

For Ubuntu 13.10, use the Daily Build PPA (Untested, use at your own risk!):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/daily-builds

sudo apt-get update 

sudo apt-get install geary

For Ubuntu 14.04, this release has been made into the universe repository. Just search for and install Geary in Ubuntu Software Center.

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