How To Install pysieved on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pysieved
on Debian 9.
What is pysieved
pysieved is:
pysieved is a Python-based managesieve server. It uses a plug-in architecture to support different authentication (Dovecot, Exim, PAM, SASL, MySQL), homedir lookup (Dovecot, /etc/passwd, MySQL, simple virtual hosting), and storage back-ends.
There are three methods to install pysieved
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 pysieved Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install pysieved
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install pysieved
Install pysieved Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install pysieved
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install pysieved
Install pysieved 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 pysieved
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install pysieved
How To Uninstall pysieved on Debian 9
To uninstall only the pysieved
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove pysieved
Uninstall pysieved And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pysieved
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove pysieved
Remove pysieved Configurations and Data
To remove pysieved
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge pysieved
Remove pysieved configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pysieved
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pysieved
Dependencies
pysieved have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pysieved
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.