How To Install astroid on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install astroid on Kali Linux. astroid is graphical notmuch email client

Introduction

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

What is `astroid`

astroid is:

Astroid is a lightweight and fast Mail User Agent that provides a graphical interface to searching, display and composing email, organized in thread and tags. Astorid uses the notmuch backend for blazingly fast searches through tons of email. Astroid searches, displays and compose emails - and rely on other programs for fetching, syncing and sending email.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install astroid

Install astroid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install astroid

Install astroid 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 astroid using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install astroid

How To Uninstall astroid on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove astroid

Uninstall astroid And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove astroid

Remove astroid Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge astroid

Remove astroid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge astroid

Dependencies

astroid have the following dependencies:

References

astroid website

Summary

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