How to Install and Uninstall mailutils Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "mailutils" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install mailutils on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                mailutils
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "mailutils" package

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


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

Package: mailutils
Version: 1:3.17-1
Installed-Size: 954
Maintainer: Jordi Mallach
Architecture: amd64
Provides: mail-reader, mailx
Depends: mailutils-common (= 1:3.17-1), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.0), libgsasl18 (>= 1.1), libldap-2.5-0 (>= 2.5.4), libmailutils9, libncurses6 (>= 6), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libunistring5 (>= 1.1)
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Suggests: mailutils-mh, mailutils-doc
Breaks: elm-me+ (<< 2.4pl25ME+99c-3), heirloom-mailx (<< 12.3-3)
Size: 570160
SHA256: df96e62e7bfa0c01c4550de225a3162fdbe9b57eb87ae7a8962642beff8187e2
SHA1: 0375102e1369197f2eb11965e2bdaea2aa6aafe3
MD5sum: 348f539eb7c1e1626e25cd4c1ca529fd
Description: GNU mailutils utilities for handling mail
GNU Mailutils is a rich and powerful protocol-independent mail framework.
It contains a series of useful mail libraries, clients, and servers.
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This package contains the GNU mailutils versions of dotlock, frm, from,
mail, messages, mimeview, movemail, readmsg and sieve. They are capable
of speaking POP3, IMAP, mbox, MH, Maildir and dotmail.
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dotlock -- lock mail spool files.
frm -- display From: lines.
from -- display from and subject.
mail -- the standard /bin/mail interface, mail sender and reader.
messages -- count the number of messages in a mailbox.
mimeview -- display files, using mailcap mechanism.
movemail -- move messages across mailboxes.
readmsg -- extract selected messages from a mailbox.
sieve -- a mail filtering tool.
Description-md5:
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/
Tag: interface::text-mode, mail::filters, mail::imap, mail::pop, mail::smtp,
mail::user-agent, network::client, protocol::imap, protocol::pop3,
protocol::smtp, protocol::ssl, role::program, suite::gnu,
uitoolkit::ncurses, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_3.17-1_amd64.deb