How To Install coolmail on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is coolmail

coolmail is:

Coolmail is like xbiff – it watches your inbox mail file and lets you know when you have mail. But unlike xbiff, it can launch your favorite mail utility when you click on it, and it has cool animated 3D graphics.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install coolmail

Install coolmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install coolmail

Install coolmail 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 coolmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install coolmail

How To Uninstall coolmail on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove coolmail

Uninstall coolmail And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove coolmail

Remove coolmail Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge coolmail

Remove coolmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coolmail

Dependencies

coolmail have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libx11-6
• libxt6

References

• coolmail website

Summary

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