How To Install newmail on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install newmail
on Kali Linux.
What is newmail
newmail is:
The newmail program usually puts itself in the background and watches mailbox files in order to report when new mail has been arrived. The originator and subject will then be reported on the terminal it was started. The output can also be integrated in graphical programs.
This package is inspired by the newmail program from the Elm mail system.
There are three methods to install newmail
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 newmail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install newmail
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install newmail
Install newmail Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install newmail
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install newmail
Install newmail 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 newmail
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install newmail
How To Uninstall newmail on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the newmail
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove newmail
Uninstall newmail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall newmail
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove newmail
Remove newmail Configurations and Data
To remove newmail
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge newmail
Remove newmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove newmail
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge newmail
Dependencies
newmail have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install newmail
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.