How To Install ifgate on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ifgate
on Kali Linux.
What is ifgate
ifgate is:
The program can act as a gateway between email and netmail and Usenet newsgroups and echomail. This version includes the “tx” patches and other misc patches.
There are three methods to install ifgate
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 ifgate Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ifgate
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ifgate
Install ifgate Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ifgate
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ifgate
Install ifgate 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 ifgate
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ifgate
How To Uninstall ifgate on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ifgate
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ifgate
Uninstall ifgate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ifgate
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ifgate
Remove ifgate Configurations and Data
To remove ifgate
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ifgate
Remove ifgate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ifgate
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ifgate
Dependencies
ifgate have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ifgate
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.