How To Install notmuch-emacs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-emacs on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, 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 Ubuntu 18.04 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
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-emacs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
