How To Install courier-authlib on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-authlib on Kali Linux.

What is courier-authlib

courier-authlib is:

The Courier authentication library provides authentication services
for other Courier applications.

There are three methods to install courier-authlib 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 courier-authlib Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install courier-authlib

Install courier-authlib Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install courier-authlib

Install courier-authlib 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 courier-authlib using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install courier-authlib

How To Uninstall courier-authlib on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the courier-authlib package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove courier-authlib

Uninstall courier-authlib And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove courier-authlib

Remove courier-authlib Configurations and Data

To remove courier-authlib configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge courier-authlib

Remove courier-authlib configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge courier-authlib

Dependencies

courier-authlib have the following dependencies:

• adduser
• libc6
• libcrypt1

References

• courier-authlib website

Summary

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