How To Install ytnef-tools on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ytnef-tools on Kali Linux.
What is ytnef-tools
ytnef-tools is:
Yerase’s TNEF Stream Reader allows you to decode application/ms-tnef e-mail attachments, which are usually entitled “winmail.dat” and are generally a file container format that is only readable by Microsoft Outlook. Some TNEF streams also include RTF-formatted data.
These are the frontend programs for the libytnef library, which can be used to decode TNEF attachments on the commandline.
There are three methods to install ytnef-tools 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 ytnef-tools Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ytnef-tools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ytnef-toolsInstall ytnef-tools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ytnef-tools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ytnef-toolsInstall ytnef-tools 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 ytnef-tools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ytnef-toolsHow To Uninstall ytnef-tools on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ytnef-tools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ytnef-toolsUninstall ytnef-tools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ytnef-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ytnef-toolsRemove ytnef-tools Configurations and Data
To remove ytnef-tools configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ytnef-toolsRemove ytnef-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ytnef-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ytnef-toolsDependencies
ytnef-tools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ytnef-tools package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
