How To Install rss2email on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install rss2email on Kali Linux. rss2email is receive RSS feeds by email

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rss2email on Kali Linux.

What is rss2email

rss2email is:

rss2email is a simple program which you can run in your crontab. It watches RSS (or Atom) feeds and sends you a nicely formatted email message for each new item.

There are three methods to install rss2email 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 rss2email Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rss2email using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rss2email

Install rss2email Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rss2email using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rss2email

Install rss2email 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 rss2email using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rss2email

How To Uninstall rss2email on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rss2email package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rss2email

Uninstall rss2email And Its Dependencies

To uninstall rss2email and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rss2email

Remove rss2email Configurations and Data

To remove rss2email configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rss2email

Remove rss2email configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove rss2email configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rss2email

Dependencies

rss2email have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install rss2email package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.