How To Install exim4-doc-html on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install exim4-doc-html on Kali Linux. exim4-doc-html is documentation for the Exim MTA (v4) in html format

Introduction

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

What is exim4-doc-html

exim4-doc-html is:

Contains specification and filtering documentation in HTML format.

The Debian exim4 packages have their own web page, http://pkg-exim4.alioth.debian.org/. There is also a FAQ list. Local information about the way the Debian packages can be configured is can be found in /usr/share/doc/exim4-base/README.Debian.gz. This file has also information about the way the Debian binary packages are built. 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

exim is a drop-in replacement for sendmail/mailq/rsmtp.

There are three methods to install exim4-doc-html 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-doc-html 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-doc-html using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install exim4-doc-html

Install exim4-doc-html Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install exim4-doc-html

Install exim4-doc-html 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-doc-html using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install exim4-doc-html

How To Uninstall exim4-doc-html on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove exim4-doc-html

Uninstall exim4-doc-html And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove exim4-doc-html

Remove exim4-doc-html Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge exim4-doc-html

Remove exim4-doc-html configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge exim4-doc-html

Dependencies

exim4-doc-html have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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