Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install t-prot on Kali Linux.
What is t-prot
t-prot is:
This program provides “TOFU-Protection” to improve the readability of
email and newsposts. TOFU is a German acronym for “Text oben, Fullquote
unten”, meaning the regrettably widespread reply style that leaves all
the quotes untrimmed and just adds some text at the top. This script
filters annoying mailing list footers, long signatures, and TOFU, as
well as squeezing sequences of blank lines, exclamation marks, etc.
It currently offers example configurations for applying t-prot within
heirloom-mailx, INN 2, mailcap, Mutt, or slrn. It should be possible to
do likewise with other programs that allow a message to be passed
through a filter before being displayed. If you use such a program we’d
be interested if you could send in your setup.
There are three methods to install t-prot 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 t-prot Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install t-prot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install t-protInstall t-prot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install t-prot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install t-protInstall t-prot 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install t-prot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install t-prot
How To Uninstall t-prot on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the t-prot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove t-prot
Uninstall t-prot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall t-prot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove t-prot
Remove t-prot Configurations and Data
To remove t-prot configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge t-prot
Remove t-prot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove t-prot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge t-prot
Dependencies
t-prot have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install t-prot package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
