How To Install php-horde-mail-autoconfig on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-mail-autoconfig on Kali Linux. php-horde-mail-autoconfig is Horde Mail Autoconfiguration

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install php-horde-mail-autoconfig on Kali Linux.

What is php-horde-mail-autoconfig

php-horde-mail-autoconfig is:

Attempts to automatically determine configuration options for various remote mail services (IMAP/POP3/SMTP).

This package is part of Horde, a web application Framework written in PHP with modules like IMP (webmail), Turba (contacts), Kronolith (calendar), Nag (task list), Gollem (file manager), etc.

There are three methods to install php-horde-mail-autoconfig 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 php-horde-mail-autoconfig Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install php-horde-mail-autoconfig using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install php-horde-mail-autoconfig

Install php-horde-mail-autoconfig Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install php-horde-mail-autoconfig using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install php-horde-mail-autoconfig

Install php-horde-mail-autoconfig 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 php-horde-mail-autoconfig using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install php-horde-mail-autoconfig

How To Uninstall php-horde-mail-autoconfig on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the php-horde-mail-autoconfig package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove php-horde-mail-autoconfig

Uninstall php-horde-mail-autoconfig And Its Dependencies

To uninstall php-horde-mail-autoconfig and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove php-horde-mail-autoconfig

Remove php-horde-mail-autoconfig Configurations and Data

To remove php-horde-mail-autoconfig configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge php-horde-mail-autoconfig

Remove php-horde-mail-autoconfig configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove php-horde-mail-autoconfig configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge php-horde-mail-autoconfig

Dependencies

php-horde-mail-autoconfig have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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