How To Install mboxgrep on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is mboxgrep

mboxgrep is:

mboxgrep is a small utility that scans either standard Unix mailboxes, Gnus nnml or nnmh mailboxes, MH mailboxes or Maildirs, and displays messages matching a basic, extended, or Perl-compatible regular expression.

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mboxgrep

Install mboxgrep Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install mboxgrep

Install mboxgrep 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 mboxgrep using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mboxgrep

How To Uninstall mboxgrep on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove mboxgrep

Uninstall mboxgrep And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mboxgrep

Remove mboxgrep Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge mboxgrep

Remove mboxgrep configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mboxgrep

Dependencies

mboxgrep have the following dependencies:

• libbz2-1.0
• libc6
• libpcre3
• zlib1g

References

• mboxgrep website

Summary

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