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