How To Install libnotmuch5 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotmuch5 on Kali Linux.

What is libnotmuch5

libnotmuch5 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 runtime library, necessary to run applications using libnotmuch.

There are three methods to install libnotmuch5 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 libnotmuch5 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnotmuch5 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnotmuch5

Install libnotmuch5 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnotmuch5 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnotmuch5

Install libnotmuch5 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 libnotmuch5 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnotmuch5

How To Uninstall libnotmuch5 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnotmuch5 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnotmuch5

Uninstall libnotmuch5 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnotmuch5 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnotmuch5

Remove libnotmuch5 Configurations and Data

To remove libnotmuch5 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnotmuch5

Remove libnotmuch5 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnotmuch5 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnotmuch5

Dependencies

libnotmuch5 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libglib2.0-0
• libgmime-3.0-0
• libstdc++6
• libtalloc2
• libxapian30

References

• libnotmuch5 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotmuch5 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.