How To Install chewmail on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is chewmail

chewmail is:

chewmail is a Perl-based mail archiver. It uses Mail::Box so supports any mailbox format it does. It can filter messages into mbox’s based on the message’s date and other criteria.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install chewmail

Install chewmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install chewmail

Install chewmail 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 chewmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install chewmail

How To Uninstall chewmail on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove chewmail

Uninstall chewmail And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove chewmail

Remove chewmail Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge chewmail

Remove chewmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge chewmail

Dependencies

chewmail have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• chewmail website

Summary

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