How To Install kde-config-mailtransport on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install kde-config-mailtransport on Kali Linux.

What is kde-config-mailtransport

kde-config-mailtransport is:

Mailtransport is a library that provides the following functionality:

• Shared mail transport settings.
• GUI elements to configure mail transport settings.
• Job classes for mail sending.

This package also contains a KDE control module which can be embedded into your application to provide mail transport configuration.

There are three methods to install kde-config-mailtransport 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 kde-config-mailtransport Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kde-config-mailtransport

Install kde-config-mailtransport Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install kde-config-mailtransport using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install kde-config-mailtransport

Install kde-config-mailtransport 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 kde-config-mailtransport using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kde-config-mailtransport

How To Uninstall kde-config-mailtransport on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the kde-config-mailtransport package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove kde-config-mailtransport

Uninstall kde-config-mailtransport And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kde-config-mailtransport

Remove kde-config-mailtransport Configurations and Data

To remove kde-config-mailtransport configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge kde-config-mailtransport

Remove kde-config-mailtransport configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove kde-config-mailtransport configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kde-config-mailtransport

Dependencies

kde-config-mailtransport have the following dependencies:

• libkf5mailtransport-data
• libc6
• libkf5configwidgets5
• libkf5coreaddons5
• libkf5mailtransport5
• libkf5mailtransport5-20.08
• libqt5core5a
• libqt5widgets5
• libstdc++6

References

• kde-config-mailtransport website

Summary

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