How To Install uucpsend on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install uucpsend on Kali Linux. uucpsend is Alternative Frontend for UUCP Batching with INN

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install uucpsend on Kali Linux.

What is uucpsend

uucpsend is:

This package provides some neat features to do UUCP batching. Partially it is logically based on send-uucp and nntpsend which were included in early versions of INN.

It is tested with INN 1 and may require tweaking with INN 2.

There are three methods to install uucpsend 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 uucpsend Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install uucpsend

Install uucpsend Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install uucpsend using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install uucpsend

Install uucpsend 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 uucpsend using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install uucpsend

How To Uninstall uucpsend on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the uucpsend package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove uucpsend

Uninstall uucpsend And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove uucpsend

Remove uucpsend Configurations and Data

To remove uucpsend configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge uucpsend

Remove uucpsend configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge uucpsend

Dependencies

uucpsend have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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