How To Install bmf on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is bmf

bmf is:

A small, fast, flexible Bayesian filter for processing e-mail. It is “trained” by the user to categorize email as spam or non-spam. This implementation integrates well with existing tools such as procmail and mutt. It can use a variety of formats for storing data. A utility is supplied for converting data between the supported formats.

This package includes support for text and libdb formats.

See “A Plan for Spam” https://www.paulgraham.com/spam.html by Paul Graham for further information.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install bmf

Install bmf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install bmf

Install bmf 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 bmf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bmf

How To Uninstall bmf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove bmf

Uninstall bmf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bmf

Remove bmf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge bmf

Remove bmf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bmf

Dependencies

bmf have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libdb5.3

References

• bmf website

Summary

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