How To Install nmzmail on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nmzmail on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is nmzmail
nmzmail is:
nmzmail is a tool, primarily to be used with mutt, for indexing and searching maildir folders. Based on the result of a search query using the search engine namazu2, nmzmail generates a maildir folder containing symbolic links to the mail(s) matching the query. A simple mutt macro makes it easy to use nmzmail from within mutt. nmzmail is similar to mairix (another email index/search program), but perhaps easier to use since it uses the query syntax of namazu2.
Features:
- fast mail searching even with large quantities of mail
- incremental index building
- integrates very nicely into mutt
- rich, but simple, query language including regex
- query history
There are three methods to install nmzmail on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nmzmail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nmzmail using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nmzmail
Install nmzmail Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nmzmail using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nmzmail
Install nmzmail 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 nmzmail using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nmzmail
How To Uninstall nmzmail on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the nmzmail package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nmzmail
Uninstall nmzmail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nmzmail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nmzmail
Remove nmzmail Configurations and Data
To remove nmzmail configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nmzmail
Remove nmzmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nmzmail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nmzmail
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nmzmail package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
