How To Install lurker on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is lurker

lurker is:

lurker is an archiver which can handle extremely large amounts of email. It is fast, intuitive, and customisable.

lurker archives your mailing lists and imports new mail. It includes many features like powerful fast search engine, chronological threading, file attachment support, multi-lingual support, completely customisable output etc.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install lurker

Install lurker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install lurker

Install lurker 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 lurker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install lurker

How To Uninstall lurker on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove lurker

Uninstall lurker And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove lurker

Remove lurker Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge lurker

Remove lurker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge lurker

Dependencies

lurker have the following dependencies:

• apache2
• debconf
• xsltproc
• ucf
• adduser
• passwd

References

• lurker website

Summary

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