How To Install sendemail on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is sendemail

sendemail is:

SendEmail is a lightweight, completely command line based, SMTP email agent. It was designed to be used in bash scripts, Perl programs, and web sites, but it is also quite useful in many other contexts.

SendEmail is written in Perl and is unique in that it requires no special modules. It has a straight forward interface, making it very easy to use.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sendemail

Install sendemail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sendemail

Install sendemail 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 sendemail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sendemail

How To Uninstall sendemail on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove sendemail

Uninstall sendemail And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sendemail

Remove sendemail Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge sendemail

Remove sendemail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sendemail

Dependencies

sendemail have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• sendemail website

Summary

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