How To Install libsendmail-pmilter-perl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libsendmail-pmilter-perl

libsendmail-pmilter-perl is:

PMilter is an attempt to reimplement Sendmail’s milter (mail filter) protocol in pure Perl. There are many reasons for this, including independence from Sendmail’s libmilter, as well as freedom from POSIX threads (helps stability for Perl filters), etc.

Most of PMilter’s Sendmail::Milter interface is a clone of the frontend functions in PMilter::Server. However, this compatibility package also includes some methods specific to the Sendmail MTA, which are deliberately not included in PMilter::Server.

There are three methods to install libsendmail-pmilter-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 libsendmail-pmilter-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 libsendmail-pmilter-perl using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libsendmail-pmilter-perl

Install libsendmail-pmilter-perl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libsendmail-pmilter-perl

Install libsendmail-pmilter-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 libsendmail-pmilter-perl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libsendmail-pmilter-perl

How To Uninstall libsendmail-pmilter-perl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libsendmail-pmilter-perl

Uninstall libsendmail-pmilter-perl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libsendmail-pmilter-perl

Remove libsendmail-pmilter-perl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libsendmail-pmilter-perl

Remove libsendmail-pmilter-perl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libsendmail-pmilter-perl

Dependencies

libsendmail-pmilter-perl have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• libsendmail-pmilter-perl website

Summary

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