How To Install dovecot-dbg on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-dbg on Debian 9.
What is dovecot-dbg
dovecot-dbg is:
Dovecot is a mail server whose major goals are security and extreme reliability. It tries very hard to handle all error conditions and verify that all data is valid, making it nearly impossible to crash. It supports mbox/Maildir and its own dbox/mdbox formats, and should also be pretty fast, extensible, and portable.
This package contains debug symbols for Dovecot.
There are three methods to install dovecot-dbg on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dovecot-dbg Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-dbg using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-dbg
Install dovecot-dbg Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-dbg using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dovecot-dbg
Install dovecot-dbg Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-dbg using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-dbg
How To Uninstall dovecot-dbg on Debian 9
To uninstall only the dovecot-dbg package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dovecot-dbg
Uninstall dovecot-dbg And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dovecot-dbg and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-dbg
Remove dovecot-dbg Configurations and Data
To remove dovecot-dbg configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-dbg
Remove dovecot-dbg configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dovecot-dbg configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dovecot-dbg
Dependencies
dovecot-dbg have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-dbg package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
