How To Install offlineimap on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is offlineimap

offlineimap is:

This is a transitional package. It can safely be removed.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install offlineimap

Install offlineimap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install offlineimap

Install offlineimap 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 offlineimap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install offlineimap

How To Uninstall offlineimap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove offlineimap

Uninstall offlineimap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove offlineimap

Remove offlineimap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge offlineimap

Remove offlineimap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge offlineimap

Dependencies

offlineimap have the following dependencies:

• offlineimap3

References

• offlineimap website

Summary

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