How to install Wavebox on Ubuntu 17.04

To install Wavebox on Ubuntu 17.04

Wavebox Email Client (formarly known as Wmail), is an open-source mail client that allows you to access the different online services such as email, collaboration tools, etc all in one dashboard. This includes Gmail, Google Inbox, Outlook, Office 365, Slack, Trello & more. Wavebox let’ s you bring all your web communication tools together for faster, smarter working. It supports extra services provided such as storage, calendars and task management. It also provides a sleep feature on any account and run in background.This tutorial covers the installation procedure of Wavebox on Ubuntu 17.04.

Installation procedure

To proceed with the installation procedure, install the gdebi installer to install the debian file by running the following command.

root@linuxhelp:~# apt install gdebi
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree       
Reading state information... Done
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Setting up gdebi (0.9.5.7ubuntu1) ...
Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.23-0ubuntu3) ...

Now download the Wavebox application from its official site by executing the wget command followed by the download link.

root@linuxhelp:~# wget https://github.com/wavebox/waveboxapp/releases/download/v3.1.16/Wavebox_3_1_16_linux_x86_64.deb
--2017-07-26 22:09:00--  https://github.com/wavebox/waveboxapp/releases/download/v3.1.16/Wavebox_3_1_16_linux_x86_64.deb
Resolving github.com (github.com)... 192.30.255.113, 192.30.255.112
Connecting to github.com (github.com)|192.30.255.113|:443... connected.
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Saving to: ‘ Wavebox_3_1_16_linux_x86_64.deb’ 

Wavebox_3_1_16_linu 100%[===================> ]  59.14M  20.8KB/s    in 9m 57s  
2017-09-23 17:25:51 (101 KB/s) - ‘ Wavebox_3_1_16_linux_x86_64.deb’  saved [62009838/62009838]

The package has been downloaded. Now to install Wavebox, use gdebi installer to install Wavebox in the target system.

root@linuxhelp:~# gdebi Wavebox_3_1_16_linux_x86_64.deb
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree        
Reading state information... Done
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Unpacking wavebox (3.1.16-1) ...
Setting up wavebox (3.1.16-1) ...
/usr/bin/desktop-file-install

The application is installed in the system. Type the application name in the Ubuntu dashboard and click on the icon to run it.

The application is running and now it will ask for license agreement. To Agree the conditions, just click accept option.

The Wavebox application is launched and now you can use any mail client with ease.

The installation procedure of Wavebox on Ubuntu 17.04 is done successfully.