How To Install mailtextbody on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mailtextbody

mailtextbody is:

Mailtextbody reads a complete email message on stdin and returns the body on stdout. Technically speaking, it returns the first decoded text/plain MIME part of any (however nested) MIME message or just the body of a non-MIME message otherwise.

Mailtextbody can easily be included in other tools using pipes.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mailtextbody

Install mailtextbody Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mailtextbody

Install mailtextbody 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 mailtextbody using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mailtextbody

How To Uninstall mailtextbody on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mailtextbody

Uninstall mailtextbody And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mailtextbody

Remove mailtextbody Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mailtextbody

Remove mailtextbody configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mailtextbody

Dependencies

mailtextbody have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libmimetic0v5
• libstdc++6

References

• mailtextbody website

Summary

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