How To Install fdm on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install fdm on Kali Linux.

What is fdm

fdm is:

fdm is a program to fetch mail and deliver it in various ways depending on a user-supplied ruleset. Mail may be fetched from stdin, IMAP or POP3 servers, or from local maildirs, and filtered based on whether it matches a regexp, its size or age, or the output of a shell command. It can be rewritten by an external process, dropped, left on the server or delivered into maildirs, mboxes, to a file or pipe, or any combination.

fdm is designed to be lightweight but powerful, with a compact but clear configuration syntax. It is primarily designed for single-user uses but may also be configured to deliver mail in a multi-user setup. In this case, it uses privilege separation to minimise the amount of code running as the root user.

There are three methods to install fdm 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 fdm Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fdm

Install fdm Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install fdm using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install fdm

Install fdm 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 fdm using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fdm

How To Uninstall fdm on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the fdm package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove fdm

Uninstall fdm And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fdm

Remove fdm Configurations and Data

To remove fdm configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge fdm

Remove fdm configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fdm

Dependencies

fdm have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libssl1.1
• libtdb1
• zlib1g

References

• fdm website

Summary

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