How To Install python3-notmuch on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-notmuch on Ubuntu.
What is python3-notmuch
python3-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 provides a legacy Python 3 interface to the notmuch functionality, directly interfacing with a shared notmuch library.
New projects are encouraged to use python3-notmuch2 instead.
There are three methods to install python3-notmuch on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python3-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 python3-notmuch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-notmuch
Install python3-notmuch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-notmuch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-notmuch
Install python3-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 python3-notmuch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-notmuch
How To Uninstall python3-notmuch on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the python3-notmuch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-notmuch
Uninstall python3-notmuch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-notmuch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-notmuch
Remove python3-notmuch Configurations and Data
To remove python3-notmuch configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-notmuch
Remove python3-notmuch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-notmuch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-notmuch
Dependencies
python3-notmuch have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-notmuch package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.