How To Install muttdown on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install muttdown on Kali Linux. muttdown is Compiles annotated text mail into html using the Markdown standard

Introduction

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

What is muttdown

muttdown is:

muttdown is a sendmail-replacement designed for use with the mutt email client which will transparently compile annotated text/plain mail into text/html using the Markdown standard. It will recursively walk the MIME tree and compile any text/plain or text/markdown part which begins with the sigil “!m” into Markdown, which it will insert alongside the original in a multipart/alternative container.

It’s also smart enough not to break multipart/signed

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install muttdown

Install muttdown Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install muttdown

Install muttdown 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 muttdown using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install muttdown

How To Uninstall muttdown on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove muttdown

Uninstall muttdown And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove muttdown

Remove muttdown Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge muttdown

Remove muttdown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge muttdown

Dependencies

muttdown have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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