How To Install cyrus-pop3d on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-pop3d on Kali Linux. cyrus-pop3d is Cyrus mail system - POP3 support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-pop3d on Kali Linux.

What is cyrus-pop3d

cyrus-pop3d is:

Cyrus is an IMAP server designed to handle massive quantities of mail, with a number of features not found in other IMAP implementations, including support for:

  • running the daemon without root privileges;
  • POP3 and NNTP in addition to plain IMAP;
  • CalDAV and CardDAV;
  • secure IMAP using SSL;
  • server-side filtering with Sieve;
  • mail users without login accounts;
  • simple mail quotas;
  • virtual domains;
  • IPv6.

This package contains the POP3 (Post Office Protocol) portion of the Cyrus IMAPd suite.

For more information, please see the cyrus-common package.

There are three methods to install cyrus-pop3d 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 cyrus-pop3d Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cyrus-pop3d using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cyrus-pop3d

Install cyrus-pop3d Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install cyrus-pop3d using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install cyrus-pop3d

Install cyrus-pop3d 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 cyrus-pop3d using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cyrus-pop3d

How To Uninstall cyrus-pop3d on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the cyrus-pop3d package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cyrus-pop3d

Uninstall cyrus-pop3d And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cyrus-pop3d and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cyrus-pop3d

Remove cyrus-pop3d Configurations and Data

To remove cyrus-pop3d configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cyrus-pop3d

Remove cyrus-pop3d configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove cyrus-pop3d configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cyrus-pop3d

Dependencies

cyrus-pop3d have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-pop3d package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.