How To Install gyrus on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install gyrus on Kali Linux. gyrus is GNOME tool for Cyrus-IMAP servers administration

Introduction

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

What is gyrus

gyrus is:

It allows through a nice GUI to control user quotas, create and remove mailboxes, and to manipulate the Access Control List for each mailbox.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gyrus

Install gyrus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install gyrus

Install gyrus 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 gyrus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gyrus

How To Uninstall gyrus on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove gyrus

Uninstall gyrus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gyrus

Remove gyrus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge gyrus

Remove gyrus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gyrus

Dependencies

gyrus have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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