How To Install claws-mail on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail
on Kali Linux.
What is claws-mail
claws-mail is:
Claws Mail is a powerful and full-featured mail client formerly called Sylpheed-Claws. It is also extensible using loadable plugins, which can provide support for additional features, like other storage formats, feed reader, calendar management, mail filtering, etc.
There are three methods to install claws-mail
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 claws-mail Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail
Install claws-mail Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install claws-mail
Install claws-mail 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 claws-mail
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail
How To Uninstall claws-mail on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the claws-mail
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove claws-mail
Uninstall claws-mail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall claws-mail
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove claws-mail
Remove claws-mail Configurations and Data
To remove claws-mail
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail
Remove claws-mail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove claws-mail
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge claws-mail
Dependencies
claws-mail have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libcairo2
- libcompfaceg1
- libenchant-2-2
- libetpan20
- libgdk-pixbuf2.0-0
- libglib2.0-0
- libgnutls30
- libgtk2.0-0
- libice6
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.