How To Install sieve-connect on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sieve-connect on Kali Linux.

What is sieve-connect

sieve-connect is:

This is sieve-connect. A client for the MANAGESIEVE protocol, as implemented by timsieved in Cyrus IMAP.

sieve-connect is designed to be both a tool which can be invoked from scripts and also a decent interactive client. It should also be a drop-in replacement for “sieveshell”, as supplied with Cyrus IMAP.

There are three methods to install sieve-connect 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 sieve-connect Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sieve-connect

Install sieve-connect Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install sieve-connect

Install sieve-connect 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 sieve-connect using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sieve-connect

How To Uninstall sieve-connect on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the sieve-connect package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sieve-connect

Uninstall sieve-connect And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sieve-connect

Remove sieve-connect Configurations and Data

To remove sieve-connect configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sieve-connect

Remove sieve-connect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sieve-connect

Dependencies

sieve-connect have the following dependencies:

• perl

References

• sieve-connect website

Summary

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