How To Install procmail on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is procmail

procmail is:

Can be used to create mail-servers, mailing lists, sort your incoming mail into separate folders/files (very convenient when subscribing to one or more mailing lists or for prioritising your mail), preprocess your mail, start any programs upon mail arrival (e.g. to generate different chimes on your workstation for different types of mail) or selectively forward certain incoming mail automatically to someone.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install procmail

Install procmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install procmail

Install procmail 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 procmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install procmail

How To Uninstall procmail on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove procmail

Uninstall procmail And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove procmail

Remove procmail Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge procmail

Remove procmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge procmail

Dependencies

procmail have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• procmail website

Summary

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