How To Install mswatch on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mswatch

mswatch is:

mswatch is a command line Unix program that keeps two mailboxes synchronized more efficiently and with shorter delays than periodically synchronizing them.

mswatch watches mailboxes for changes to know when to initiate mailbox syncs. Using mswatch, your mail synchronization program can be called on demand instead of through polling, resulting in prompter mail delivery and lower bandwidth usage and server load.

mswatch is designed to work in conjunction with mailbox synchronization programs, and currently supports watching Linux (2.4+) hosted Maildirs (including Maildir folders, Maildir++). Future support for additional mailbox formats, especially for mbox, is planned.

This package provides the mswatch tools for use on the imap client host.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mswatch

Install mswatch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mswatch

Install mswatch 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 mswatch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mswatch

How To Uninstall mswatch on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mswatch

Uninstall mswatch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mswatch

Remove mswatch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mswatch

Remove mswatch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mswatch

Dependencies

mswatch have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc1

References

• mswatch website

Summary

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