How To Install notmuch-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-dbg on Debian 9.
What is notmuch-dbg
notmuch-dbg 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 contains the debugging symbols for libnotmuch and the notmuch binary. Most people will not need this package.
There are three methods to install notmuch-dbg on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install notmuch-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install notmuch-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install notmuch-dbg
Install notmuch-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install notmuch-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install notmuch-dbg
Install notmuch-dbg 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 notmuch-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install notmuch-dbg
How To Uninstall notmuch-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the notmuch-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove notmuch-dbg
Uninstall notmuch-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall notmuch-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove notmuch-dbg
Remove notmuch-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove notmuch-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge notmuch-dbg
Remove notmuch-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove notmuch-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge notmuch-dbg
Dependencies
notmuch-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
