How To Install libmailtools-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailtools-perl on Kali Linux.

What is libmailtools-perl

libmailtools-perl is:

MailTools is a set of perl modules which provide an easy interface to manipulating email in an object-oriented fashion.

Mail::Address - Parse mail addresses Mail::Cap - Parse mailcap files Mail::Field - Base class for manipulation of mail header fields Mail::Field::AddrList - object representation of e-mail address lists Mail::Field::Date - a date header field Mail::Field::Generic - implementation for inspecific fields Mail::Filter - Filter mail through multiple subroutines Mail::Header - manipulate MIME headers Mail::Internet - manipulate email messages Mail::Mailer - Simple interface to electronic mailing mechanisms Mail::Send - Simple electronic mail interface Mail::Util - mail utility functions

There are three methods to install libmailtools-perl 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 libmailtools-perl Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libmailtools-perl

Install libmailtools-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libmailtools-perl

Install libmailtools-perl 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 libmailtools-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmailtools-perl

How To Uninstall libmailtools-perl on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmailtools-perl package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmailtools-perl

Uninstall libmailtools-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmailtools-perl

Remove libmailtools-perl Configurations and Data

To remove libmailtools-perl configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmailtools-perl

Remove libmailtools-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmailtools-perl

Dependencies

libmailtools-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl
• libnet-perl
• libnet-smtp-ssl-perl
• libtest-simple-perl
• libtimedate-perl

References

• libmailtools-perl website

Summary

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