How To Install mysqmail on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mysqmail

mysqmail is:

MySQMail is a set of tiny daemon loggers for mail and FTP servers that save traffic information in a MySQL database. The information is split by domain and by user so that it’s easy to measure all the traffic for a given domain name in real time.

This package provides the configuration infrastructure.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mysqmail

Install mysqmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mysqmail

Install mysqmail 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 mysqmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mysqmail

How To Uninstall mysqmail on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mysqmail

Uninstall mysqmail And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mysqmail

Remove mysqmail Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mysqmail

Remove mysqmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mysqmail

Dependencies

mysqmail have the following dependencies:

• debconf
• debconf

References

• mysqmail website

Summary

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