How To Install courier-faxmail on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-faxmail on Kali Linux. courier-faxmail is Courier mail server - Fax<->mail gateway

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-faxmail on Kali Linux.

What is courier-faxmail

courier-faxmail is:

The Courier mail transfer agent (MTA) is an integrated mail/groupware server based on open commodity protocols, such as ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, LDAP, TLS, and HTTP. Courier provides ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, webmail, and mailing list services within a single, consistent, framework.

The courierfax module implements a faxmail gateway, which faxes a printed copy of an email message to the phone number specified in the email address (e.g. 5558888@fax).

There are three methods to install courier-faxmail 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 courier-faxmail Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install courier-faxmail

Install courier-faxmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install courier-faxmail

Install courier-faxmail 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 courier-faxmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install courier-faxmail

How To Uninstall courier-faxmail on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the courier-faxmail package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove courier-faxmail

Uninstall courier-faxmail And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove courier-faxmail

Remove courier-faxmail Configurations and Data

To remove courier-faxmail configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge courier-faxmail

Remove courier-faxmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge courier-faxmail

Dependencies

courier-faxmail have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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