{"id":7692,"date":"2018-04-24T16:26:11","date_gmt":"2018-04-24T16:26:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/?p=7692"},"modified":"2024-04-22T14:43:26","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T14:43:26","slug":"install-geary-email-client-0-12-2-ubuntu-18-04","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/index.php\/2018\/04\/install-geary-email-client-0-12-2-ubuntu-18-04\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install Geary Email Client in Ubuntu 24.04 | 22.04"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-7196\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/geary-icon245.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"250\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Geary is a free and open-source email client formerly developed by Yorba. Now, it&#8217;s a community maintained app for GNOME Desktop.<\/p>\n<p>The source code of the email client is available in this <a href=\"https:\/\/gitlab.gnome.org\/GNOME\/geary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gitlab page<\/a>. And, features include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quick email account setup<\/li>\n<li>Shows related messages together in conversations<\/li>\n<li>Fast, full text and keyword search<\/li>\n<li>Full-featured HTML and plain text message composer<\/li>\n<li>Desktop notification of new mail<\/li>\n<li>Compatible with GMail, Yahoo! Mail, Outlook.com and other IMAP servers<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The graphical interface of this app is a little bit lag behind, since GNOME is porting to GTK4 plus Libadwaita, though it&#8217;s still working good. And, users can install it in all current Ubuntu releases, through either Deb package or Flatpak package.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/geary-window.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-7694\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/geary-window-600x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/geary-window-600x338.jpg 600w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/geary-window-450x253.jpg 450w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/geary-window-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/geary-window.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>How to Install Geary in Ubuntu:<\/h3>\n<h4>Option 1: Deb package<\/h4>\n<p>For those who prefer the native <code>.deb<\/code> package format, Geary is available in system repository, though it&#8217;s a bit old.<\/p>\n<p>To install it, simply press <code>Ctrl+Alt+T<\/code> on keyboard to open terminal. Then run commands below one by one:<\/p>\n<pre>sudo apt update<\/pre>\n<pre>sudo apt install geary<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/apt-geary.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46274\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/apt-geary-700x475.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/apt-geary-700x475.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/apt-geary-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/apt-geary-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/apt-geary.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h4>Option 2: Flatpak package<\/h4>\n<p>If you want the most recent version, then it&#8217;s available to install as <a href=\"https:\/\/flathub.org\/apps\/org.gnome.Geary\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flatpak package<\/a> which runs in sandbox environment, and can be installed in most Linux.<\/p>\n<p><b>Linux Mint 21+<\/b> and <b>Fedora 38\/39<\/b>+ can directly search for and install the package from either Software Manager or GNOME Software.<\/p>\n<p>While <b>Ubuntu<\/b> users can install the Flatpak by running 2 commands below one by one in terminal (Ctrl+ALt+T):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>First, enable Flatpak support:\n<pre>sudo apt install flatpak<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<li>Then, run command to install the email client as Flatpak package:\n<pre>flatpak install https:\/\/dl.flathub.org\/repo\/appstream\/org.gnome.Geary.flatpakref<\/pre>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/flatpak-geary.webp\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-46275\" src=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/flatpak-geary-700x475.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"610\" height=\"414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/flatpak-geary-700x475.webp 700w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/flatpak-geary-300x203.webp 300w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/flatpak-geary-768x521.webp 768w, https:\/\/ubuntuhandbook.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/flatpak-geary.webp 786w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 610px) 100vw, 610px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>For future updates, use command to update it:\n<pre>flatpak update org.gnome.Geary<\/pre>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NOTE: If you&#8217;re first time installing an app as Flatpak package, then you may need to log out and back in for the app icon visible in start menu or Gnome &#8216;Show Apps&#8217; screen.<\/p>\n<h3>Uninstall Geary:<\/h3>\n<p>To remove Geary email client, simply run command in terminal:<\/p>\n<pre style=\"border: none;\">sudo apt-get remove --autoremove geary<\/pre>\n<p>For the Flatpak package, use this command instead to uninstall:<\/p>\n<pre>flatpak uninstall --delete-data org.gnome.Geary<\/pre>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Geary is a free and open-source email client formerly developed by Yorba. 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