How To Install spamprobe on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is spamprobe

spamprobe is:

This package provides a spam filter based on the article ‘A Plan for Spam’ by Paul Graham. It uses a database (either BerkeleyDB or a simpler hash file) to store one- and two-word phrases. Only certain headers are analyzed and HTML tags are ignored to prevent false positives of legitimate HTML emails. Image attachments are considered as words that can signal spam. It can be simply integrated with procmail or maildrop to filter spam on incoming mail.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spamprobe

Install spamprobe Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install spamprobe

Install spamprobe 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 spamprobe using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spamprobe

How To Uninstall spamprobe on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove spamprobe

Uninstall spamprobe And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spamprobe

Remove spamprobe Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge spamprobe

Remove spamprobe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spamprobe

Dependencies

spamprobe have the following dependencies:

• debconf
• libc6
• libdb5.3
• libgcc1

References

• spamprobe website

Summary

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