How To Install gmailieer on Debian 10

Learn how to install gmailieer on Debian 10 with this tutorial. gmailieer is Fast fetch and two-way tag synchronization between notmuch and GMail

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gmailieer on Debian 10.

What is gmailieer

gmailieer is:

This program can pull email and labels (and changes to labels) from your GMail account and store them locally in a maildir with the labels synchronized with a notmuch database. The changes to tags in the notmuch database may be pushed back remotely to your GMail account.

It will not and can not:

  • Add or delete messages on your remote account
  • Modify messages other than their labels

There are three methods to install gmailieer 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 gmailieer Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gmailieer

Install gmailieer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gmailieer using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gmailieer

Install gmailieer 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 gmailieer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gmailieer

How To Uninstall gmailieer on Debian 10

To uninstall only the gmailieer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gmailieer

Uninstall gmailieer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gmailieer

Remove gmailieer Configurations and Data

To remove gmailieer configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gmailieer

Remove gmailieer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gmailieer

Dependencies

gmailieer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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