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I've searched the web as well as this site (including the other Stack Overflow/Exchange/etc. sibling sites) and have not found any concrete info. I've also searched the official KDE site and have still not found an answer.

I'm running Kubuntu 18.04 on a Lenovo Y7000 laptop with the following:

  • KDE Plasma 5.12.9.
  • KDE Frameworks 5.44.0
  • Qt 5.9.5
  • Kernel 4.15.0-128-generic
  • Intel i7-8750H
  • 8 GB RAM

I had run KMail for several years and I really liked the interface and all of its features. What I did NOT like was the fact that Akonadi and Kontact, etc., seem to be required for KMail to work. KMail was the only component that I ran from this Akonadi mess and I have no desire for any of the other components launching (in the foreground OR background) and stealing resources from my system. Because of this, I had uninstalled KMail, Akonadi, Kontact and several other components about a year ago.

#NOTE: After the removal of these components, I have had no problems; this suggests to me that I had not removed anything necessary for my system to run properly.

My question is this: Can I reinstall ONLY KMail and run it as a "standalone" program, or do I have to have all of these additional, unwanted components install, as well?

Thanks in advance for any help!

user14845796
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Akonadi is an implementation detail of KMail, without it KMail will not work.

Kontact is an app that groups KMail and other PIM applications (like KAddressBook and KOrganizer) into a single application. It is not needed to run KMail, but removing it will not give you any significant benefit

Nicolas Fella
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