How To Install notmuch-vim on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-vim on Kali Linux. notmuch-vim is thread-based email index, search and tagging (vim interface)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-vim on Kali Linux.

What is notmuch-vim

notmuch-vim 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 a vim based mail user agent based on notmuch.

There are three methods to install notmuch-vim on Kali Linux. 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-vim 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-vim using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install notmuch-vim

Install notmuch-vim Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install notmuch-vim

Install notmuch-vim Using aptitude

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

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install notmuch-vim

How To Uninstall notmuch-vim on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the notmuch-vim package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove notmuch-vim

Uninstall notmuch-vim And Its Dependencies

To uninstall notmuch-vim and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove notmuch-vim

Remove notmuch-vim Configurations and Data

To remove notmuch-vim configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge notmuch-vim

Remove notmuch-vim configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge notmuch-vim

Dependencies

notmuch-vim have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-vim package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.