How To Install libesmtp6 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libesmtp6 on Kali Linux.

What is libesmtp6

libesmtp6 is:

LibESMTP is a library to manage posting (or submission of) electronic mail using SMTP to a preconfigured Mail Transport Agent (MTA) such as Exim. It may be used as part of a Mail User Agent (MUA) or another program that must be able to post electronic mail but where mail functionality is not the program’s primary purpose.

There are three methods to install libesmtp6 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 libesmtp6 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libesmtp6 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libesmtp6

Install libesmtp6 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libesmtp6 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libesmtp6

Install libesmtp6 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 libesmtp6 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libesmtp6

How To Uninstall libesmtp6 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libesmtp6 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libesmtp6

Uninstall libesmtp6 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libesmtp6 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libesmtp6

Remove libesmtp6 Configurations and Data

To remove libesmtp6 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libesmtp6

Remove libesmtp6 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libesmtp6 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libesmtp6

Dependencies

libesmtp6 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libssl1.1

References

• libesmtp6 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libesmtp6 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.