How To Install esmtp-run on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install esmtp-run on Kali Linux.

What is esmtp-run

esmtp-run is:

ESMTP is a user configurable relay-only Mail Transfer Agent (MTA) with a sendmail-compatible syntax. It’s based on libESMTP supporting the AUTH (including the CRAM-MD5 and NTLM SASL mechanisms) and the StartTLS SMTP extensions.

ESMTP does not receive mail, expand aliases or manage a queue but can deliver mail locally via an MDA.

This package provides the regular MTA programs.

There are three methods to install esmtp-run 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 esmtp-run Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install esmtp-run

Install esmtp-run Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install esmtp-run

Install esmtp-run 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 esmtp-run using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install esmtp-run

How To Uninstall esmtp-run on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the esmtp-run package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove esmtp-run

Uninstall esmtp-run And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove esmtp-run

Remove esmtp-run Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge esmtp-run

Remove esmtp-run configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge esmtp-run

Dependencies

esmtp-run have the following dependencies:

• esmtp

References

• esmtp-run website

Summary

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