How To Install nmzmail on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install nmzmail on Kali Linux. nmzmail is indexes and searches email in maildir folders

Introduction

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

What is nmzmail

nmzmail is:

nmzmail is a tool, primarily to be used with mutt, for indexing and searching maildir folders. Based on the result of a search query using the search engine namazu2, nmzmail generates a maildir folder containing symbolic links to the mail(s) matching the query. A simple mutt macro makes it easy to use nmzmail from within mutt. nmzmail is similar to mairix (another email index/search program), but perhaps easier to use since it uses the query syntax of namazu2.

Features:

  • fast mail searching even with large quantities of mail
  • incremental index building
  • integrates very nicely into mutt
  • rich, but simple, query language including regex
  • query history

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nmzmail

Install nmzmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nmzmail

Install nmzmail 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 nmzmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nmzmail

How To Uninstall nmzmail on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove nmzmail

Uninstall nmzmail And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nmzmail

Remove nmzmail Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nmzmail

Remove nmzmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nmzmail

Dependencies

nmzmail have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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