How To Install renattach on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is renattach

renattach is:

Renattach is a small, efficient and surprisingly effective filter designed primarily to offer an additional level of safety to Windows users whose e-mails pass through a UNIX-like mail server. Many modern viruses are spread through e-mail, and renattach combats such viruses by filtering e-mail attachments based on file extension. The idea is to rename potentially dangerous attachments (executable ones) so that the user, or the user’s poorly written e-mail software, does not accidentally execute the attachment.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install renattach

Install renattach Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install renattach

Install renattach 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 renattach using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install renattach

How To Uninstall renattach on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove renattach

Uninstall renattach And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove renattach

Remove renattach Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge renattach

Remove renattach configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge renattach

Dependencies

renattach have the following dependencies:

• exim4
• libc6

References

• renattach website

Summary

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