How To Install larch on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is larch

larch is:

Larch is a tool to copy messages from one IMAP server to another quickly and safely. It’s smart enough not to copy messages that already exist on the destination and robust enough to deal with interruptions caused by flaky connections or misbehaving servers.

Larch is particularly well-suited for copying email to, from, or between Gmail accounts.

Note that this package is currently unmaintained upstream, although it is still functional.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install larch

Install larch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install larch

Install larch 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 larch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install larch

How To Uninstall larch on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove larch

Uninstall larch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove larch

Remove larch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge larch

Remove larch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge larch

Dependencies

larch have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ruby-highline
• ruby-sequel
• ruby-sqlite3
• ruby-trollop

References

• larch website

Summary

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