How To Install cyrus-nntpd on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-nntpd on Kali Linux. cyrus-nntpd is Cyrus mail system - NNTP support

Introduction

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

What is cyrus-nntpd

cyrus-nntpd is:

This package contains the NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) portion of the Cyrus IMAPd suite.

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

There are three methods to install cyrus-nntpd 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-nntpd 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-nntpd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cyrus-nntpd

Install cyrus-nntpd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cyrus-nntpd

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

sudo aptitude -y install cyrus-nntpd

How To Uninstall cyrus-nntpd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove cyrus-nntpd

Uninstall cyrus-nntpd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cyrus-nntpd

Remove cyrus-nntpd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge cyrus-nntpd

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

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

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

Dependencies

cyrus-nntpd have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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