How To Install kuvert on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is kuvert

kuvert is:

kuvert automatically signs and/or encrypts outgoing mail using the PGP/MIME standard (RFC3156), based on the availability of the recipient’s key in your keyring. Other than similar wrappers, kuvert does not store key passphrases itself, ever. kuvert works as a wrapper around your MTA but can be fed mails via SMTP, too.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install kuvert

Install kuvert Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install kuvert

Install kuvert 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 kuvert using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install kuvert

How To Uninstall kuvert on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove kuvert

Uninstall kuvert And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove kuvert

Remove kuvert Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge kuvert

Remove kuvert configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge kuvert

Dependencies

kuvert have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• gnupg
• sendmail
• libnet-smtps-perl
• perl
• libmailtools-perl
• libmime-tools-perl
• libfile-slurp-perl
• libnet-server-mail-perl
• libauthen-sasl-perl
• libproc-processtable-perl
• libencode-locale-perl
• libio-socket-ssl-perl

References

• kuvert website

Summary

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