How To Install rspamd on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rspamd
on Kali Linux.
What is rspamd
rspamd is:
Rspamd is a rapid, modular and lightweight spam filter. It is designed to work with big amount of mail and can be easily extended with own filters written in Lua.
There are three methods to install rspamd
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 rspamd Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rspamd
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rspamd
Install rspamd Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rspamd
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rspamd
Install rspamd 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 rspamd
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rspamd
How To Uninstall rspamd on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the rspamd
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rspamd
Uninstall rspamd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rspamd
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rspamd
Remove rspamd Configurations and Data
To remove rspamd
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rspamd
Remove rspamd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rspamd
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rspamd
Dependencies
rspamd have the following dependencies:
- init-system-helpers
- adduser
- ca-certificates
- fonts-glyphicons-halflings
- libjs-bootstrap4
- libjs-jquery
- libjs-requirejs
- lsb-base
- perl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rspamd
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.