How To Install claws-mail-perl-filter on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-perl-filter on Kali Linux. claws-mail-perl-filter is Message filtering plugin using perl for Claws Mail

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install claws-mail-perl-filter on Kali Linux.

What is claws-mail-perl-filter

claws-mail-perl-filter is:

This plugin enables filtering of Claws Mail messages using perl regular expressions and, in fact, giving all the perl features and power to the filtering engine.

A tool for converting the current filter set of the user into a equivalent perl script suitable for the plugin is also provided.

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

sudo apt-get -y install claws-mail-perl-filter

Install claws-mail-perl-filter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install claws-mail-perl-filter

Install claws-mail-perl-filter 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-perl-filter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install claws-mail-perl-filter

How To Uninstall claws-mail-perl-filter on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the claws-mail-perl-filter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove claws-mail-perl-filter

Uninstall claws-mail-perl-filter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove claws-mail-perl-filter

Remove claws-mail-perl-filter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge claws-mail-perl-filter

Remove claws-mail-perl-filter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge claws-mail-perl-filter

Dependencies

claws-mail-perl-filter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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