How to Install and Uninstall wl Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: April 27,2024

1. Install "wl" package

This tutorial shows how to install wl on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "wl" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall wl on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the wl package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: wl
Architecture: all
Version: 2.15.9+0.20190205-4
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Tatsuya Kinoshita
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3600
Provides: imap-client, mail-reader, news-reader
Depends: emacsen-common (>= 2.0.8), emacs-nox | emacs | emacsen, semi (>= 1.14.6+0.20100125), flim (>= 1:1.14.6), apel (>= 10.7), dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: gnupg, easypg, gnutls-bin, openssl, starttls, x-face-el, w3m-el, mule-ucs, bbdb, im, bitmap-mule, namazu2, maildir-utils, notmuch, bogofilter | bsfilter | spamassassin, mu-cite, mhc
Conflicts: wanderlust2, wl-beta, xbase (<< 3.3.2.3a-2)
Replaces: wanderlust2, wl-beta
Filename: pool/universe/w/wl/wl_2.15.9+0.20190205-4_all.deb
Size: 630512
MD5sum: e9752f6871a047099247b139c24e70c8
SHA1: e9b9cb8fd7874b642d6c1191e55d127ab76a2a33
SHA256: 72602c9a879b96ff55848f6e16b57f0373314432d776f0060ccc95fe240d93a3
SHA512: b97306d909a9de2c49e461b3b958fd5d48151a06ab0451dbd24944bb2cb8c94ade78f453f18cd4288b2d08e8a8eb553e50ee7909c238928473667558dcd0ab45
Homepage: https://github.com/wanderlust/wanderlust
Description-en: mail/news reader supporting IMAP for emacsen
Wanderlust is a mail/news management system on emacsen. It supports
IMAP4rev1 (RFC2060), NNTP, POP and local message files.
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The main features of Wanderlust:
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- Pure elisp implementation.
- Supports IMAP4rev1, NNTP, POP (POP3/APOP), MH and Maildir format.
- Unified access method to messages based on Mew-like Folder Specification.
- Mew-like Key-bind and mark handling.
- Manages unread messages.
- Interactive thread display.
- Folder Mode shows the list of subscribed folders.
- Message Cache, Disconnected Operation.
- MH-like FCC. (Fcc: %Backup and Fcc: $Backup is allowed).
- MIME compliant (by SEMI).
- Transmission of news and mail are unified by Message transmitting draft.
- Graphical list of folders.
- View a part of message without retrieving the whole message (IMAP4).
- Server-side message look up (IMAP4). Multi-byte characters are allowed.
- Virtual Folders.
- Supports compressed folder using common archiving utilities.
- Old articles in folders are automatically removed/archived (Expiration).
- Automatic re-file.
- Template function makes it convenient to send fixed form messages.
Description-md5: 89d56214f0179673d1fe28606af4cfac