How To Install gnubiff on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gnubiff on Kali Linux. gnubiff is mail notification program for GNOME (and others)

Introduction

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

What is gnubiff

gnubiff is:

gnubiff checks for mail within a file, a qmail or MH style dir, or an IMAP4 or POP3 or APOP server. It can display headers (number, sender, subject, and date) when new mail has arrived.

While gnubiff is implemented as a GNOME panel applet, it also runs as an independent icon on the desktop in other environments.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gnubiff

Install gnubiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gnubiff

Install gnubiff 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 gnubiff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gnubiff

How To Uninstall gnubiff on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gnubiff

Uninstall gnubiff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gnubiff

Remove gnubiff Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gnubiff

Remove gnubiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gnubiff

Dependencies

gnubiff have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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