How To Install imapcopy on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is imapcopy

imapcopy is:

IMAPCopy is a small command line tool to copy messages for multiple users from one imap server to another. You can use it with any IMAP implementation, for example you can migrate from Cyrus to MS Exchange or from MS Exchange to Courier IMAP.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install imapcopy

Install imapcopy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install imapcopy

Install imapcopy 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 imapcopy using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install imapcopy

How To Uninstall imapcopy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove imapcopy

Uninstall imapcopy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove imapcopy

Remove imapcopy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge imapcopy

Remove imapcopy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge imapcopy

Dependencies

imapcopy have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• imapcopy website

Summary

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