How To Install ax25mail-utils on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ax25mail-utils on Kali Linux. ax25mail-utils is hamradio packet utilities for fbb

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ax25mail-utils on Kali Linux.

What is ax25mail-utils

ax25mail-utils is:

This package provides utilities to download a message list or messages from a fbb AX.25 bbs:

  • axgetlist - read the message list from the BBS
  • axgetmail - automatically download messages from the F6FBB BBS
  • axgetmsg - download selected messages from F6FBB BBS
  • home_bbs - find home BBS or force a home BBS for the callsign
  • msgcleanup - delete the messages with their lifetime exceeded
  • ulistd - collect FBB BBS messages list sent via unproto frames
  • update_routes - update the database of BBS and callsigns

There are three methods to install ax25mail-utils 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 ax25mail-utils Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ax25mail-utils using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ax25mail-utils

Install ax25mail-utils Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ax25mail-utils using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ax25mail-utils

Install ax25mail-utils 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 ax25mail-utils using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ax25mail-utils

How To Uninstall ax25mail-utils on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ax25mail-utils package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ax25mail-utils

Uninstall ax25mail-utils And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ax25mail-utils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ax25mail-utils

Remove ax25mail-utils Configurations and Data

To remove ax25mail-utils configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ax25mail-utils

Remove ax25mail-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ax25mail-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ax25mail-utils

Dependencies

ax25mail-utils have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ax25mail-utils package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.