How To Install fetchyahoo on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is fetchyahoo

fetchyahoo is:

FetchYahoo is a Perl script that downloads mail from a Yahoo! webmail account to a local mail spool, an mbox file, or to procmail. It is meant to replace fetchmail for people using Yahoo! mail since Yahoo!’s POP and email forwarding services are no longer free. It includes all parts and attachments within the email. It can also forward the email to a specified address.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install fetchyahoo

Install fetchyahoo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install fetchyahoo

Install fetchyahoo 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 fetchyahoo using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install fetchyahoo

How To Uninstall fetchyahoo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove fetchyahoo

Uninstall fetchyahoo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove fetchyahoo

Remove fetchyahoo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge fetchyahoo

Remove fetchyahoo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge fetchyahoo

Dependencies

fetchyahoo have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• fetchyahoo website

Summary

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