How To Install mail-expire on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mail-expire on Kali Linux.

What is mail-expire

mail-expire is:

mail-expire is a tool which scans mail folders (Maildir or mbox files) for messages that are older than given maximum age and moves them to another (compressed) mbox file or just deletes them.

There are three methods to install mail-expire 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 mail-expire Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mail-expire

Install mail-expire Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mail-expire

Install mail-expire 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 mail-expire using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mail-expire

How To Uninstall mail-expire on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mail-expire package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mail-expire

Uninstall mail-expire And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mail-expire

Remove mail-expire Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mail-expire

Remove mail-expire configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mail-expire

Dependencies

mail-expire have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• mail-expire website

Summary

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