How To Install exim4-dev on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install exim4-dev on Kali Linux.

What is exim4-dev

exim4-dev is:

Exim (v4) is a mail transport agent. This package contains header files that can be used to compile code that is then dynamically linked to exim’s local_scan interface.

The Debian exim4 packages have their own web page, http://wiki.debian.org/PkgExim4. There is also a Debian-specific FAQ list. Information about the way the Debian packages are configured can be found in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz, which additionally contains information about the way the Debian binary packages are built. The very extensive upstream documentation is shipped in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/spec.txt.gz. To repeat the debconf-driven configuration process in a standard setup, invoke dpkg-reconfigure exim4-config. There is a Debian-centered mailing list, [email protected]. Please ask Debian-specific questions there, and only write to the upstream exim-users mailing list if you are sure that your question is not Debian-specific. You can find the subscription web page on http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/pkg-exim4-users

There are three methods to install exim4-dev 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 exim4-dev Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install exim4-dev using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install exim4-dev

Install exim4-dev Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install exim4-dev using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install exim4-dev

Install exim4-dev 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 exim4-dev using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install exim4-dev

How To Uninstall exim4-dev on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the exim4-dev package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove exim4-dev

Uninstall exim4-dev And Its Dependencies

To uninstall exim4-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove exim4-dev

Remove exim4-dev Configurations and Data

To remove exim4-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge exim4-dev

Remove exim4-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove exim4-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exim4-dev

Dependencies

exim4-dev have the following dependencies:

References

• exim4-dev website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install exim4-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.