How to Install and Uninstall renattach Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "renattach" package

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


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall renattach on Kali Linux:


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

Package: renattach
Source: renattach (1.2.4-5)
Version: 1.2.4-5+b1
Installed-Size: 92
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: exim4 | mail-transport-agent, libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: procmail
Size: 39060
SHA256: 301edb8bb769e009ba15f4d6fc6b2a732c20a0acbc2fbd10e51cf8a5ca7728d3
SHA1: f51574fa2c6c5f2975d86dd46c4258ac4c610973
MD5sum: 6bcb7074625ab0f50cc41faf15d78cc6
Description: Rename attachments on the fly
Renattach is a small, efficient and surprisingly effective filter
designed primarily to offer an additional level of safety to Windows
users whose e-mails pass through a UNIX-like mail server. Many modern
viruses are spread through e-mail, and renattach combats such viruses by
filtering e-mail attachments based on file extension. The idea is to
rename potentially dangerous attachments (executable ones) so that
the user, or the user's poorly written e-mail software, does not
accidentally execute the attachment.
Description-md5:
Homepage: http://www.pc-tools.net/unix/renattach/
Tag: interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility,
security::antivirus, use::converting, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/renattach/renattach_1.2.4-5+b1_amd64.deb