How To Install spfquery on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is spfquery

spfquery is:

The Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is one part of the SPF/SRS protocol pair. SPF allows email systems such as Sendmail, Postfix, Exim, Zmailer and MS Exchange to check SPF records and make sure that the email is authorized by the domain name that it is coming from. This prevents email forgery, commonly used by spammers, scammers and email viruses/worms.

This package contains simple utilities that use libspf2 to test and query SPF records.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install spfquery

Install spfquery Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install spfquery

Install spfquery 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 spfquery using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install spfquery

How To Uninstall spfquery on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove spfquery

Uninstall spfquery And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove spfquery

Remove spfquery Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge spfquery

Remove spfquery configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge spfquery

Dependencies

spfquery have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libspf2-2

References

• spfquery website

Summary

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