How To Install mailscripts on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mailscripts

mailscripts is:

This package provides a collection of scripts for manipulating e-mail stored on Debian systems.

mdmv – safely move messages between maildirs

mbox2maildir – convert an mbox to a maildir using Python’s libraries

notmuch-slurp-debbug – add messages from a Debian bug to notmuch

notmuch-extract-patch – extract a git patch series from notmuch

mbox-extract-patch – extract a git patch series from an mbox

maildir-import-patch – import a git patch series into a maildir

notmuch-import-patch – import a git patch series into notmuch

email-print-mime-structure – tree view of a message’s MIME structure

email-extract-openpgp-certs – extract OpenPGP certificates from a message

imap-dl – download messages from an IMAP mailbox to a maildir

gmi2email – subscribe to gemlogs and read individual Gemini pages by e-mail

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mailscripts

Install mailscripts Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mailscripts

Install mailscripts 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 mailscripts using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mailscripts

How To Uninstall mailscripts on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mailscripts

Uninstall mailscripts And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailscripts

Remove mailscripts Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mailscripts

Remove mailscripts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailscripts

Dependencies

mailscripts have the following dependencies:

• libconfig-tiny-perl
• libfile-which-perl
• libipc-system-simple-perl
• liblist-moreutils-perl
• libmail-box-perl
• python3
• perl

References

• mailscripts website

Summary

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