How To Install libnotmuch-dev on Debian 10

Learn how to install libnotmuch-dev on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libnotmuch-dev is thread-based email index, search and tagging (development)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotmuch-dev on Debian 10.

What is libnotmuch-dev

libnotmuch-dev is:

Notmuch is a system for indexing, searching, reading, and tagging large collections of email messages in maildir or mh format. It uses the Xapian library to provide fast, full-text search with a very convenient search syntax.

This package provides the necessary development libraries and header files to allow you to develop new software using libnotmuch.

There are three methods to install libnotmuch-dev on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install libnotmuch-dev Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnotmuch-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnotmuch-dev

Install libnotmuch-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnotmuch-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnotmuch-dev

Install libnotmuch-dev Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install libnotmuch-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnotmuch-dev

How To Uninstall libnotmuch-dev on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libnotmuch-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnotmuch-dev

Uninstall libnotmuch-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnotmuch-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnotmuch-dev

Remove libnotmuch-dev Configurations and Data

To remove libnotmuch-dev configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnotmuch-dev

Remove libnotmuch-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnotmuch-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnotmuch-dev

Dependencies

libnotmuch-dev have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotmuch-dev package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.