How To Install cyrus-clients on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-clients on Kali Linux.
What is cyrus-clients
cyrus-clients is:
This package contains client tools to test the Cyrus IMAPd suite. It contains the mupdatetest, sivtest, smtptest, lmtptest, imtest and pop3test tools which can be used to interactively talk to a mupdate, Sieve, SMTP, LMTP, IMAP or POP3 server. The clients are fully SASL-enabled for authentication.
For more information, please see the cyrus-common package.
There are three methods to install cyrus-clients 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 cyrus-clients Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cyrus-clients using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cyrus-clientsInstall cyrus-clients Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install cyrus-clients using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cyrus-clientsInstall cyrus-clients 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 cyrus-clients using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cyrus-clientsHow To Uninstall cyrus-clients on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cyrus-clients package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cyrus-clientsUninstall cyrus-clients And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cyrus-clients and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cyrus-clientsRemove cyrus-clients Configurations and Data
To remove cyrus-clients configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cyrus-clientsRemove cyrus-clients configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cyrus-clients configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cyrus-clientsDependencies
cyrus-clients have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-clients package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.