How To Install xlbiff on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install xlbiff on Kali Linux. xlbiff is mail notification pop-up with configurable message scans

Introduction

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

What is xlbiff

xlbiff is:

Xlbiff presents enough information to tell you: Is this new mail worth reading right now? And it stops distracting you once you decide.

Xlbiff waits in the background, monitoring your mailbox file (or running your custom check-mail script). When a new message arrives, it invokes the MH scan(1) command (or your custom mail-scanning script) and pops up a window with the output (typically the From and Subject line of each new message). If more mail arrives, xlbiff scans again and resizes its preview window accordingly.

Clicking the left mouse button anywhere in the window causes it to vanish. It will also vanish if the mailbox becomes empty. Xlbiff stays out of your way when there is no new mail and pops up only when something requests your attention.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xlbiff

Install xlbiff Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xlbiff

Install xlbiff 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 xlbiff using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install xlbiff

How To Uninstall xlbiff on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xlbiff

Uninstall xlbiff And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xlbiff

Remove xlbiff Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xlbiff

Remove xlbiff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge xlbiff

Dependencies

xlbiff have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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