How To Install mpack on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mpack

mpack is:

Mpack and munpack are utilities for encoding and decoding (respectively) binary files in MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) format mail messages. For compatibility with older forms of transferring binary files, the munpack program can also decode messages in split-uuencoded format.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mpack

Install mpack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mpack

Install mpack 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 mpack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mpack

How To Uninstall mpack on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mpack

Uninstall mpack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mpack

Remove mpack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mpack

Remove mpack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mpack

Dependencies

mpack have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• mpack website

Summary

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