How To Install vacation on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install vacation on Kali Linux. vacation is email autoresponder

Introduction

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

What is vacation

vacation is:

Vacation returns a message to the sender of a message telling them that you are currently not reading your mail.

This program is derived from the NetBSD version and has most of the features present in the Linux, Solaris, AIX and *BSD versions.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install vacation

Install vacation Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install vacation

Install vacation 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 vacation using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install vacation

How To Uninstall vacation on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove vacation

Uninstall vacation And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove vacation

Remove vacation Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge vacation

Remove vacation configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge vacation

Dependencies

vacation have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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