How To Install dovecot-managesieved on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-managesieved on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dovecot-managesieved
dovecot-managesieved 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 the Dovecot ManageSieve server.
Package: dovecot-managesieved Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: universe/mail Source: dovecot Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Dovecot Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 223 Depends: dovecot-core (= 1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3), dovecot-sieve (= 1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3), ucf (>= 2.0020), libc6 (>= 2.4) Breaks: dovecot-common (« 1:2.0.14-2~) Replaces: dovecot-common (« 1:2.0.14-2~) Filename: pool/universe/d/dovecot/dovecot-managesieved_2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 43364 MD5sum: e4f32094be878246360f76671f26c9aa SHA1: 6f5bc0efd860993aadaa84ca0e13ac586d3c485e SHA256: c6ac7281c4b24c1ff491080bfaccd3b732f3cdd32964a81fb6684ed087e87a28 Homepage: http://dovecot.org/ Description-en: secure POP3/IMAP server - ManageSieve server 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 the Dovecot ManageSieve server.
There are three methods to install dovecot-managesieved on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-managesieved 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-managesieved using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-managesieved
Install dovecot-managesieved Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-managesieved using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dovecot-managesieved
Install dovecot-managesieved 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-managesieved using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-managesieved
How To Uninstall dovecot-managesieved on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dovecot-managesieved package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dovecot-managesieved
Uninstall dovecot-managesieved And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dovecot-managesieved and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-managesieved
Remove dovecot-managesieved Configurations and Data
To remove dovecot-managesieved configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-managesieved
Remove dovecot-managesieved configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dovecot-managesieved configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dovecot-managesieved
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-managesieved package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
