How To Install prometheus-mailexporter on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install prometheus-mailexporter on Kali Linux.

What is prometheus-mailexporter

prometheus-mailexporter is:

This package exports metrics for the prometheus monitoring system about mail server functionality. It can be used for mail delivery systems that are based on Maildir and tests MDA and optionally SMTP functionality.

Gathered metrics include roundtrip times and mail timeouts and exposes those in the prometheus metrics format.

There are three methods to install prometheus-mailexporter 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 prometheus-mailexporter Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install prometheus-mailexporter

Install prometheus-mailexporter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install prometheus-mailexporter

Install prometheus-mailexporter 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 prometheus-mailexporter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install prometheus-mailexporter

How To Uninstall prometheus-mailexporter on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the prometheus-mailexporter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove prometheus-mailexporter

Uninstall prometheus-mailexporter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove prometheus-mailexporter

Remove prometheus-mailexporter Configurations and Data

To remove prometheus-mailexporter configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge prometheus-mailexporter

Remove prometheus-mailexporter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prometheus-mailexporter

Dependencies

prometheus-mailexporter have the following dependencies:

• libc6

References

• prometheus-mailexporter website

Summary

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