How To Install notmuch-git on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-git on Debian 12.
What is notmuch-git
notmuch-git 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 a simple tool to save, restore, and synchronize notmuch tags via git repositories.
There are three methods to install notmuch-git on Debian 12. 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-git 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-git using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install notmuch-git
Install notmuch-git Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install notmuch-git using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install notmuch-git
Install notmuch-git 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-git using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install notmuch-git
How To Uninstall notmuch-git on Debian 12
To uninstall only the notmuch-git package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove notmuch-git
Uninstall notmuch-git And Its Dependencies
To uninstall notmuch-git and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove notmuch-git
Remove notmuch-git Configurations and Data
To remove notmuch-git configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge notmuch-git
Remove notmuch-git configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove notmuch-git configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge notmuch-git
Dependencies
notmuch-git have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-git package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
