How To Install libmailutils7 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils7 on Kali Linux.

What is libmailutils7

libmailutils7 is:

GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.

This is GNU’s Mail abstraction library. This library allows programs to hook into a single library for many different types of mail backends. The following backend stores are currently provided: mbox, mh, maildir, dotmail, pop3, imap4.

There are three methods to install libmailutils7 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 libmailutils7 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libmailutils7 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libmailutils7

Install libmailutils7 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libmailutils7 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libmailutils7

Install libmailutils7 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 libmailutils7 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libmailutils7

How To Uninstall libmailutils7 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libmailutils7 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libmailutils7

Uninstall libmailutils7 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libmailutils7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libmailutils7

Remove libmailutils7 Configurations and Data

To remove libmailutils7 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libmailutils7

Remove libmailutils7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libmailutils7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libmailutils7

Dependencies

libmailutils7 have the following dependencies:

• mailutils-common

References

• libmailutils7 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libmailutils7 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.