How To Install notmuch-mutt on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-mutt on Kali Linux.
What is notmuch-mutt
notmuch-mutt is:
notmuch-mutt provides integration among the Mutt mail user agent and the Notmuch mail indexer.
notmuch-mutt offer two main integration features. The first one is the ability of stating a search query interactively and then jump to a fresh Maildir containing its search results only. The second one is the ability to reconstruct threads on the fly starting from the current highlighted mail.
There are three methods to install notmuch-mutt 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-mutt Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install notmuch-mutt using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install notmuch-muttInstall notmuch-mutt Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install notmuch-mutt using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install notmuch-muttInstall notmuch-mutt 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install notmuch-mutt using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install notmuch-muttHow To Uninstall notmuch-mutt on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the notmuch-mutt package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove notmuch-muttUninstall notmuch-mutt And Its Dependencies
To uninstall notmuch-mutt and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove notmuch-muttRemove notmuch-mutt Configurations and Data
To remove notmuch-mutt configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge notmuch-muttRemove notmuch-mutt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove notmuch-mutt configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge notmuch-muttDependencies
notmuch-mutt have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch-mutt package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.