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Geary 0.6.1 Released with Fixes, Install it in Ubuntu 14.04

Last updated: July 2, 2014

Yorba’s Geary email client has been updated to v0.6.1 with various fixes. Ubuntu 14.04 and Ubuntu 13.10 users may consider upgrading geary from Yorba’s PPA.

Geary is a mail client for GNOME 3 that features:

Modern and straightforward interface
Quick account setup
Supports Gmail, Yahoo! Mail, Outlook.com, and popular IMAP servers (Dovecot, Cyrus, Zimbra, etc.)
Mail organized by conversations
Full-featured HTML mail composer
Fast keyword search
Desktop notification of new mail

According to the changelog, Geary 0.6.1 brings below changes:

Copy and move message bug fixes (esp. to prevent lost emails)
Prevent STARTTLS BAD_IDENTITY when connecting to server
Prevent failure when deleting Outbox message
Don’t save draft messages on server when UIDPLUS not available
Correct severe database command error (statement too long)
Fix bug when launching Geary with file URIs for attachments
Prevent the IMAP account synchronizer from deadlocking
Fix server compatibility issues (mail.ru, netcourrier.com)
Italian translation of help documentation
Improved translations

Install / Upgrade Geary in Ubuntu:

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run the command below to add the Yorba’s PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/ppa

After that, upgrade Geary client via Software Updater after checking for updates:

Or directly install it via:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install geary

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Install Yorba’s Geary Mail Client 0.6.0 in Ubuntu 13.10

Last updated: March 20, 2014

Yorba has announced the 0.6.0 release of its Geary IMAP mail client recently. Here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy.

Changes in Geary 0.6.0:

Basic search scope operators, such as from:john
An oft-requested “save sent mail” option for non-Gmail users
Separate actions for archive, trash, and delete
Much improved server support — if you found Geary unusable in the past on a Dovecot or other non-”cloud service” server, I’d urge you to give it another go
Many stability, speed, and interface improvements and bugfixes

Install Geary 0.6.0:

For Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, press Ctrl+Alt+T on keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run the commands below one by one and it will install Geary from Yorba’s Stable PPA.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install geary

For other Ubuntu releases, you may build it from the source code: geary-0.6.0.tar.xz

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Geary 0.4.2 Updated to compile with Vala 0.22.1 [PPA]

Last updated: November 22, 2013

Yorba’s Geary email client gets new update a few days later than the last release. In Geary 0.4.2 the only change is:

Update to compile with Vala 0.22.1

If you would like to upgrade to Geary 0.4.2, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal and run commands below one by one to get it from Yorba’s PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install geary

This only works for Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10 and their derivatives. Due to the libraries changes so much, the latest release won’t work on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy unless Canonical updates Ubuntu repositories.

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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

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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Geary 0.4 Released, Install / Upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04/12.10

Last updated: July 25, 2014

The lightweight email client Geary 0.4 has been released with many new enhancements. What’s new in Geary 0.4:

Per-account full text search
Automatic save to draft
Refreshed user interface
Per-folder unread email count
Experimental support for Outlook.com
Enhanced “show external images” preference
Find bar for locating text within a conversation (Ctrl+F)
Improved handling of attachments
Malicious link checker
Passwords stored with libsecret instead of GNOME Keyring
Hundreds of bugs fixed and small improvements

Install Geary in Ubuntu:

Geary 0.4 is available in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy’s universe repository, just search for and install it from Ubuntu Software Center.

The Yorba Team has built this release for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal in their PPA. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands one by one to install this email reader and sender:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install geary

The team doesn’t built it on Ubuntu 12.04 due to the libraries change so much between Ubuntu editions. If you’re feeling adventurous, read ~~this guide to build Geary 0.4 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise.~~