How To Install python-notmuch on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-notmuch on Debian 10.
What is python-notmuch
python-notmuch 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 Python interface to the notmuch functionality, directly interfacing with a shared notmuch library.
There are three methods to install python-notmuch 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 python-notmuch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-notmuch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-notmuch
Install python-notmuch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-notmuch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-notmuch
Install python-notmuch 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 python-notmuch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-notmuch
How To Uninstall python-notmuch on Debian 10
To uninstall only the python-notmuch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-notmuch
Uninstall python-notmuch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-notmuch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-notmuch
Remove python-notmuch Configurations and Data
To remove python-notmuch configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-notmuch
Remove python-notmuch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-notmuch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-notmuch
Dependencies
python-notmuch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-notmuch package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
