How To Install maildir-utils on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install maildir-utils
on Kali Linux.
What is maildir-utils
maildir-utils is:
mu is a set of utilities to deal with Maildirs, specifically, indexing and searching.
- mu index - recursively scans a collection of email messages, and stores information found in a database.
- mu find - searches for messages based on some search criteria.
- mu mkmdir - creates a new Maildir.
mu uses libgmime to parse the message, and Xapian to store the message data.
There are three methods to install maildir-utils
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 maildir-utils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install maildir-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install maildir-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install maildir-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
Install maildir-utils 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.
After updating apt database, We can install maildir-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall maildir-utils on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the maildir-utils
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall maildir-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall maildir-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove maildir-utils Configurations and Data
To remove maildir-utils
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove maildir-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove maildir-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
maildir-utils have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install maildir-utils
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.