How To Install libmailutils-dev on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils-dev on Kali Linux.
What is libmailutils-dev
libmailutils-dev is:
GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.
This package includes the development files for GNU mailutils and GNU’s Mail abstraction library.
There are three methods to install libmailutils-dev 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 libmailutils-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmailutils-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libmailutils-devInstall libmailutils-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmailutils-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libmailutils-devInstall libmailutils-dev 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libmailutils-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libmailutils-devHow To Uninstall libmailutils-dev on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libmailutils-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libmailutils-devUninstall libmailutils-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libmailutils-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmailutils-devRemove libmailutils-dev Configurations and Data
To remove libmailutils-dev configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libmailutils-devRemove libmailutils-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libmailutils-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmailutils-devDependencies
libmailutils-dev have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils-dev package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.