How To Install dovecot-submissiond on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-submissiond on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is dovecot-submissiond
dovecot-submissiond 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 Mail Submission Agent which implements a basic SMTP submission service with BURL support.
There are three methods to install dovecot-submissiond on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-submissiond 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-submissiond using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-submissiond
Install dovecot-submissiond Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-submissiond using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dovecot-submissiond
Install dovecot-submissiond 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-submissiond using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-submissiond
How To Uninstall dovecot-submissiond on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the dovecot-submissiond package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dovecot-submissiond
Uninstall dovecot-submissiond And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dovecot-submissiond and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-submissiond
Remove dovecot-submissiond Configurations and Data
To remove dovecot-submissiond configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-submissiond
Remove dovecot-submissiond configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dovecot-submissiond configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dovecot-submissiond
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-submissiond package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.