How To Install notmuch on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch on Kali Linux. notmuch is thread-based email index, search and tagging

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch on Kali Linux.

What is notmuch

notmuch 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 notmuch command-line interface

There are three methods to install notmuch on Kali Linux. 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install notmuch

Install notmuch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install notmuch

Install notmuch Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install notmuch

How To Uninstall notmuch on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove notmuch

Uninstall notmuch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall notmuch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove notmuch

Remove notmuch Configurations and Data

To remove notmuch configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge notmuch

Remove notmuch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge notmuch

Dependencies

notmuch have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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