How To Install pullimap on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is pullimap

pullimap is:

PullIMAP retrieves messages from an IMAP mailbox and deliver them to an SMTP or LMTP transmission channel. It can also remove old messages after a configurable retention period.

A statefile is used to keep track of the mailbox’s UIDVALIDITY and UIDNEXT values. While PullIMAP is running, the statefile is also used to keep track of UIDs being delivered, which avoids duplicate deliveries if the process is interrupted.

PullIMAP supports the COMPRESS=DEFLATE extension from [RFC4978]. It is enabled by default on servers advertising it, in order to reduce network traffic, especially for long-lived connections (when IDLE commands are enabled.)

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pullimap

Install pullimap Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pullimap

Install pullimap 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 pullimap using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pullimap

How To Uninstall pullimap on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove pullimap

Uninstall pullimap And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pullimap

Remove pullimap Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pullimap

Remove pullimap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pullimap

Dependencies

pullimap have the following dependencies:

• libinterimap
• perl

References

• pullimap website

Summary

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