How To Install roundcube-plugins-extra on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install roundcube-plugins-extra on Kali Linux.
What is roundcube-plugins-extra
roundcube-plugins-extra is:
RoundCube Webmail is a browser-based multilingual IMAP client with an application-like user interface. It provides full functionality expected from an e-mail client, including MIME support, address book, folder manipulation and message filters.
The user interface is fully skinnable using XHTML and CSS 2.
This package provides a collection of several plugins for Roundcube that are not maintained directly by Roundcube authors, namely:
- authres_status
- compose_addressbook
- contextmenu
- dovecot_impersonate
- fail2ban
- html5_notifier
- keyboard_shortcuts
- listcommands
- message_highlight
- sauserprefs
- thunderbird_labels
They should be enabled in the configuration of Roundcube.
There are three methods to install roundcube-plugins-extra 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 roundcube-plugins-extra Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install roundcube-plugins-extra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install roundcube-plugins-extraInstall roundcube-plugins-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install roundcube-plugins-extra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install roundcube-plugins-extraInstall roundcube-plugins-extra 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install roundcube-plugins-extra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install roundcube-plugins-extraHow To Uninstall roundcube-plugins-extra on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the roundcube-plugins-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove roundcube-plugins-extraUninstall roundcube-plugins-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall roundcube-plugins-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove roundcube-plugins-extraRemove roundcube-plugins-extra Configurations and Data
To remove roundcube-plugins-extra configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge roundcube-plugins-extraRemove roundcube-plugins-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove roundcube-plugins-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge roundcube-plugins-extraDependencies
roundcube-plugins-extra have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install roundcube-plugins-extra package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
