checkgmail software package provides alternative Gmail Notifier for Linux via Atom feeds, you can install in your Debian 8 (Jessie) by running the commands given below on the terminal,
$ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get install checkgmail
checkgmail is installed in your system.
Make ensure the checkgmail package were installed using the commands given below,
$ sudo dpkg-query -l | grep checkgmail *
You will get with checkgmail package name, version, architecture and description in a table
| Distro | Debian 8 jessie |
| Section | |
| Package | checkgmail |
| Version | 1.13+svn43-3 |
| Description | alternative Gmail Notifier for Linux via Atom feeds |
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