How To Install imapcopy on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install imapcopy
on Kali Linux.
What is imapcopy
imapcopy is:
IMAPCopy is a small command line tool to copy messages for multiple users from one imap server to another. You can use it with any IMAP implementation, for example you can migrate from Cyrus to MS Exchange or from MS Exchange to Courier IMAP.
There are three methods to install imapcopy
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 imapcopy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install imapcopy
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install imapcopy
Install imapcopy Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install imapcopy
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install imapcopy
Install imapcopy 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 imapcopy
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install imapcopy
How To Uninstall imapcopy on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the imapcopy
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove imapcopy
Uninstall imapcopy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall imapcopy
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove imapcopy
Remove imapcopy Configurations and Data
To remove imapcopy
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge imapcopy
Remove imapcopy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove imapcopy
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge imapcopy
Dependencies
imapcopy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install imapcopy
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.