How To Install dkimpy-milter on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install dkimpy-milter on Kali Linux. dkimpy-milter is DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM) milter in Python

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dkimpy-milter on Kali Linux.

What is dkimpy-milter

dkimpy-milter is:

The dkimpy-milter is a Sendmail/Postfix Milter application that signs and verifies DKIM (DomainKeys Identified Mail). It supports both traditional RSA (RFC 6376) signatures and the new ed25519 based signatures defined in RFC 8463.

DKIM provides a way for senders to confirm their identity when sending email by adding a cryptographic signature to the headers of the message.

It uses the OpenDKIM configuration option naming and definitions, for the options it implements, to make it easy for OpenDKIM users to experiment with this alternative.

There are three methods to install dkimpy-milter 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 dkimpy-milter Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dkimpy-milter

Install dkimpy-milter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dkimpy-milter

Install dkimpy-milter 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 dkimpy-milter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dkimpy-milter

How To Uninstall dkimpy-milter on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the dkimpy-milter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dkimpy-milter

Uninstall dkimpy-milter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dkimpy-milter

Remove dkimpy-milter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dkimpy-milter

Remove dkimpy-milter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dkimpy-milter

Dependencies

dkimpy-milter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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