How To Install mailutils-common on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mailutils-common on Kali Linux.

What is mailutils-common

mailutils-common is:

GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.

These are common files for all mailutils packages, including locale files.

There are three methods to install mailutils-common 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 mailutils-common Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mailutils-common

Install mailutils-common Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mailutils-common

Install mailutils-common 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 mailutils-common using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mailutils-common

How To Uninstall mailutils-common on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mailutils-common package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mailutils-common

Uninstall mailutils-common And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailutils-common

Remove mailutils-common Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mailutils-common

Remove mailutils-common configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailutils-common

Dependencies

mailutils-common have the following dependencies:

References

• mailutils-common website

Summary

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