How To Install courier-ldap on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-ldap on Kali Linux.
What is courier-ldap
courier-ldap 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.
This package contains support for LDAP authentication and LDAP-based mail aliasing.
There are three methods to install courier-ldap 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-ldap Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install courier-ldap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install courier-ldapInstall courier-ldap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install courier-ldap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install courier-ldapInstall courier-ldap 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install courier-ldap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install courier-ldapHow To Uninstall courier-ldap on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the courier-ldap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove courier-ldapUninstall courier-ldap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall courier-ldap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove courier-ldapRemove courier-ldap Configurations and Data
To remove courier-ldap configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge courier-ldapRemove courier-ldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove courier-ldap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge courier-ldapDependencies
courier-ldap have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-ldap package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.