How To Install scmail on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is scmail

scmail is:

Scmail is a mail filter written in Scheme, you can write processing recipes in S-expression. Scmail can be used as a filter for an incoming mail, invoked each time by .forward, or it can be used as a mail processor to distribute existing mails into the right mailbox. It comes with a bayesian spam filter called scbayes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install scmail

Install scmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install scmail

Install scmail 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 scmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install scmail

How To Uninstall scmail on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove scmail

Uninstall scmail And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove scmail

Remove scmail Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge scmail

Remove scmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge scmail

Dependencies

scmail have the following dependencies:

• gauche
• gauche-gdbm

References

• scmail website

Summary

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