How To Install notmuch-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-doc on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is notmuch-doc
notmuch-doc 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 HTML documentation
There are three methods to install notmuch-doc on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install notmuch-doc 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-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install notmuch-doc
Install notmuch-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install notmuch-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install notmuch-doc
Install notmuch-doc 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 notmuch-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install notmuch-doc
How To Uninstall notmuch-doc on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the notmuch-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove notmuch-doc
Uninstall notmuch-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall notmuch-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove notmuch-doc
Remove notmuch-doc Configurations and Data
To remove notmuch-doc configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge notmuch-doc
Remove notmuch-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove notmuch-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge notmuch-doc
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-doc package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.