How To Install procmail-lib on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install procmail-lib on Kali Linux. procmail-lib is procmail library of plug-in recipes

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install procmail-lib on Kali Linux.

What is procmail-lib

procmail-lib is:

Procmail Module Library is a collection of many plug-in modules for the Procmail mail processing utility. The modules allow common tasks like parsing dates, times, MIME, and email addresses, forwarding mail, dealing with POP3, spam shielding, running email cron jobs, handling daemon messages, and more.

Includes also all of Alan Stebben’s recipes (the pioneer of Procmail).

There are three methods to install procmail-lib 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 procmail-lib Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install procmail-lib

Install procmail-lib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install procmail-lib

Install procmail-lib 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 procmail-lib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install procmail-lib

How To Uninstall procmail-lib on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the procmail-lib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove procmail-lib

Uninstall procmail-lib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove procmail-lib

Remove procmail-lib Configurations and Data

To remove procmail-lib configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge procmail-lib

Remove procmail-lib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge procmail-lib

Dependencies

procmail-lib have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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