How To Install libnotmuch5 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotmuch5 on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 Ubuntu 18.04. 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 first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnotmuch5
Remove libnotmuch5 Configurations and Data
To remove libnotmuch5 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libnotmuch5 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
