How To Install cyrus-murder on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-murder on Kali Linux. cyrus-murder is Cyrus mail system - proxies and aggregator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-murder on Kali Linux.

What is cyrus-murder

cyrus-murder is:

This package contains the Cyrus IMAPd suite murder aggregator system, i.e. IMAP, POP3 and LMTP proxies, and the mupdate mailbox master daemon. It allows for cluster setups where there are many backend Cyrus spools and frontend proxy servers.

For more information, please see the cyrus-common package.

There are three methods to install cyrus-murder 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-murder Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install cyrus-murder

Install cyrus-murder Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cyrus-murder

Install cyrus-murder 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 cyrus-murder using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cyrus-murder

How To Uninstall cyrus-murder on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cyrus-murder package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cyrus-murder

Uninstall cyrus-murder And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cyrus-murder

Remove cyrus-murder Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cyrus-murder

Remove cyrus-murder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cyrus-murder

Dependencies

cyrus-murder have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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