How To Install perdition on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install perdition on Kali Linux.
What is perdition
perdition is:
Perdition allows users to connect to a content-free POP3 or IMAP4 server that will redirect them to their real POP3 or IMAP4 server. This enables mail retrieval for a domain to be split across multiple backend servers on a per user basis. This can also be used to as a POP3 or IMAP4 proxy especially in firewall applications. Perdition supports arbitrary library based map access to determine the server for a user. POSIX Regular Expression, GDBM, Berkeley DB, MySQL, PostgreSQL, ODBC and LDAP libraries ship with the distribution.
There are three methods to install perdition 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 perdition Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install perdition using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install perditionInstall perdition Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install perdition using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install perditionInstall perdition 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install perdition using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install perditionHow To Uninstall perdition on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the perdition package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove perditionUninstall perdition And Its Dependencies
To uninstall perdition and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove perditionRemove perdition Configurations and Data
To remove perdition configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge perditionRemove perdition configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove perdition configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge perditionDependencies
perdition have the following dependencies:
- libc6
- libdb5.3
- libgdbm6
- libidn11
- libnsl2
- libpam0g
- libpopt0
- libssl1.1
- libvanessa-adt1
- libvanessa-logger0
- libvanessa-socket2
- lsb-base
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install perdition package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.