How To Install python3-mailutils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mailutils on Kali Linux. python3-mailutils is GNU Mail abstraction library (Python3 interface)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mailutils on Kali Linux.

What is python3-mailutils

python3-mailutils is:

GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework. It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.

This is the Python3 interface to the Mailutils library.

There are three methods to install python3-mailutils 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 python3-mailutils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-mailutils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python3-mailutils

Install python3-mailutils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python3-mailutils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python3-mailutils

Install python3-mailutils 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 python3-mailutils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python3-mailutils

How To Uninstall python3-mailutils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the python3-mailutils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python3-mailutils

Uninstall python3-mailutils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python3-mailutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-mailutils

Remove python3-mailutils Configurations and Data

To remove python3-mailutils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python3-mailutils

Remove python3-mailutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python3-mailutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-mailutils

Dependencies

python3-mailutils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-mailutils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.