How To Install bbmail on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bbmail

bbmail is:

bbmail is a small mail notifier (displays unread and read mail) that can be used in the Blackbox or Fluxbox window managers. It is similar to other notifiers such as xbiff but with some additional features: * All the colors and gradients can be changed. * Support for multiple mail boxes and provides a menu showing all of them (and their unread/total mail count) * Support for counting mail through external programs, it can be used to notify on POP or IMAP checkboxes with fetchpop/fetchmail * Possibility to ‘copy’ Blackbox toolbar style * Ability to start command when new mail arrives (eg. to play sound)

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bbmail

Install bbmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bbmail

Install bbmail 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 bbmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bbmail

How To Uninstall bbmail on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bbmail

Uninstall bbmail And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bbmail

Remove bbmail Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bbmail

Remove bbmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bbmail

Dependencies

bbmail have the following dependencies:

• blackbox
• libbt0
• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• bbmail website

Summary

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