How To Install notmuch-emacs on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-emacs on Debian 9. notmuch-emacs is thread-based email index, search and tagging (transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-emacs on Debian 9.

What is notmuch-emacs

notmuch-emacs is:

This dummy package help ease transition to the new package elpa-notmuch

There are three methods to install notmuch-emacs on Debian 9. 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-emacs 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-emacs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install notmuch-emacs

Install notmuch-emacs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install notmuch-emacs

Install notmuch-emacs 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 notmuch-emacs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install notmuch-emacs

How To Uninstall notmuch-emacs on Debian 9

To uninstall only the notmuch-emacs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove notmuch-emacs

Uninstall notmuch-emacs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall notmuch-emacs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove notmuch-emacs

Remove notmuch-emacs Configurations and Data

To remove notmuch-emacs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge notmuch-emacs

Remove notmuch-emacs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge notmuch-emacs

Dependencies

notmuch-emacs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-emacs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.