How To Install claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin on Kali Linux.

What is claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin

claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin is:

The mailMBOX plugin for Claws Mail provides the ability of handling existing mbox format files using the libetpan library.

Once added, these files appear like mailer’s native mail folders.

There are three methods to install claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin 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-mailmbox-plugin 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-mailmbox-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin

Install claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin

Install claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin 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-mailmbox-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin

How To Uninstall claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin

Uninstall claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin

Remove claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin Configurations and Data

To remove claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin

Remove claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin

Dependencies

claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libglib2.0-0
• libgtk2.0-0
• claws-mail

References

• claws-mail-mailmbox-plugin website

Summary

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