How To Install courier-pcp on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-pcp on Debian 9.
What is courier-pcp
courier-pcp is:
The Courier mail transfer agent (MTA) is an integrated mail/groupware server based on open commodity protocols, such as ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, LDAP, TLS, and HTTP. Courier provides ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, webmail, and mailing list services within a single, consistent, framework.
This package contains the PCP (Personal Calendaring Protocol) server needed for the groupware calendaring mode of SqWebMail.
There are three methods to install courier-pcp 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 courier-pcp 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-pcp using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install courier-pcp
Install courier-pcp Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install courier-pcp using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install courier-pcp
Install courier-pcp 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 courier-pcp using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install courier-pcp
How To Uninstall courier-pcp on Debian 9
To uninstall only the courier-pcp package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove courier-pcp
Uninstall courier-pcp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall courier-pcp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove courier-pcp
Remove courier-pcp Configurations and Data
To remove courier-pcp configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge courier-pcp
Remove courier-pcp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove courier-pcp configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge courier-pcp
Dependencies
courier-pcp have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-pcp package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.