How To Install mailsync on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mailsync

mailsync is:

Mailsync is a tool for synchronizing a collection of mailboxes. The mailboxes may be on the local filesystem or on an IMAP server.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mailsync

Install mailsync Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mailsync

Install mailsync 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 mailsync using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mailsync

How To Uninstall mailsync on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mailsync

Uninstall mailsync And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailsync

Remove mailsync Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mailsync

Remove mailsync configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailsync

Dependencies

mailsync have the following dependencies:

• libc-client2007e

References

• mailsync website

Summary

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