How to Install and Uninstall fetchmail Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "fetchmail" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install fetchmail on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                fetchmail
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "fetchmail" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall fetchmail on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                fetchmail
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the fetchmail package on Kali Linux

Package: fetchmail
Version: 6.4.38-1
Installed-Size: 791
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: fetchmail-common, fetchmail-ssl
Provides: fetchmail-ssl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.13~alpha1+dfsg), libssl3 (>= 3.1.4), debianutils (>= 1.7), adduser (>= 3.34), sysvinit-utils (>= 3.05-4~) | lsb-base
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.52)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: fetchmailconf, default-mta | mail-transport-agent, resolvconf
Conflicts: fetchmail-common
Breaks: fetchmail-ssl (<= 6.2.5-12), logcheck (<< 1.1.1-9)
Size: 374828
SHA256: bd8918e3b096312f4935ea5adb738ffef8943639121f881de097a6d95137aa8c
SHA1: f1be02a1073662e6f7e3b7869111806624e5b0fb
MD5sum: 40ca0884b6b9a3769c29a9a65c065746
Description: SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
fetchmail is a free, full-featured, robust, and well-documented remote mail
retrieval and forwarding utility intended to be used over on-demand TCP/IP
links (such as SLIP or PPP connections). It retrieves mail from remote mail
servers and forwards it to your local (client) machine's delivery system, so
it can then be read by normal mail user agents such as mutt, elm, pine,
(x)emacs/gnus, or mailx. The fetchmailconf package includes an interactive
GUI configurator suitable for end-users.
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Kerberos V and GSSAPI are supported.
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Kerberos IV, RPA, OPIE and other support for some other features are
available if the package is recompiled.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.fetchmail.info
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, mail::imap, mail::pop,
network::client, network::server, protocol::imap, protocol::pop3,
protocol::ssl, role::program, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.4.38-1_amd64.deb