How To Install ayatana-webmail on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ayatana-webmail on Kali Linux.

What is ayatana-webmail

ayatana-webmail is:

Ayatana Webmail is an application that integrates your webmail into MATE, Xfce, LXDE and other environments.

It displays notifications about incoming mail, shows the number of unread messages and displays subjects in the Messaging Menu.

The Launcher item also has a quicklist that provides quick access to your mail folders. It also allows you to quickly compose a new message.

Ayatana Webmail starts automatically, all you have to do is to enter your accounts settings in a configuration dialog.

There are three methods to install ayatana-webmail 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 ayatana-webmail Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ayatana-webmail

Install ayatana-webmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ayatana-webmail

Install ayatana-webmail 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 ayatana-webmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ayatana-webmail

How To Uninstall ayatana-webmail on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ayatana-webmail package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ayatana-webmail

Uninstall ayatana-webmail And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ayatana-webmail

Remove ayatana-webmail Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ayatana-webmail

Remove ayatana-webmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ayatana-webmail

Dependencies

ayatana-webmail have the following dependencies:

• dconf-gsettings-backend
• python3

References

• ayatana-webmail website

Summary

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