How To Install muchsync on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install muchsync on Kali Linux.

What is muchsync

muchsync is:

Muchsync brings notmuch to all of your computers by synchronizing your mail messages and notmuch tags across machines. The protocol is heavily pipelined to work efficiently over high-latency networks such as mobile broadband.

Muchsync supports arbitrary pairwise synchronization among replicas. A version-vector-based algorithm allows it to exchange only the minimum information necessary to bring replicas up to date regardless of which pairs have previously synchronized.

There are three methods to install muchsync 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 muchsync Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install muchsync using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install muchsync

Install muchsync Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install muchsync using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install muchsync

Install muchsync 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 update

After updating apt database, We can install muchsync using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install muchsync

How To Uninstall muchsync on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the muchsync package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove muchsync

Uninstall muchsync And Its Dependencies

To uninstall muchsync and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove muchsync

Remove muchsync Configurations and Data

To remove muchsync configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge muchsync

Remove muchsync configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove muchsync configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge muchsync

Dependencies

muchsync have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libnotmuch5
• libsqlite3-0
• libssl1.1
• libstdc++6
• libxapian30

References

• muchsync website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install muchsync package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.