How To Install courier-authlib-pipe on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-authlib-pipe on Kali Linux. courier-authlib-pipe is External authentication support for the Courier authentication library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-authlib-pipe on Kali Linux.

What is courier-authlib-pipe

courier-authlib-pipe is:

This package contains external authentication support via pipes for the Courier authentication library. The authpipe module is a generic plugin that enables authentication requests to be serviced by an external program, then communicates through messages on stdin and stdout.

There are three methods to install courier-authlib-pipe 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 courier-authlib-pipe Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install courier-authlib-pipe

Install courier-authlib-pipe Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install courier-authlib-pipe using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install courier-authlib-pipe

Install courier-authlib-pipe 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 courier-authlib-pipe using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install courier-authlib-pipe

How To Uninstall courier-authlib-pipe on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the courier-authlib-pipe package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove courier-authlib-pipe

Uninstall courier-authlib-pipe And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove courier-authlib-pipe

Remove courier-authlib-pipe Configurations and Data

To remove courier-authlib-pipe configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge courier-authlib-pipe

Remove courier-authlib-pipe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove courier-authlib-pipe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge courier-authlib-pipe

Dependencies

courier-authlib-pipe have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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