How To Install notmuch on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch on Ubuntu 22.04.
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 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 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 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 notmuch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install notmuch
How To Uninstall notmuch on Ubuntu 22.04
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 Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove notmuch
Remove notmuch Configurations and Data
To remove notmuch configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install notmuch package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
