How To Install courier-webadmin on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-webadmin on Ubuntu 20.04. courier-webadmin is Courier mail server - web-based administration frontend

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-webadmin on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is courier-webadmin

courier-webadmin 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.

The web-based administration and configuration tool for the Courier mail server is capable of changing the settings of the MTA, IMAP, POP and Webmail servers and the LDAP, MySQL and PostgreSQL authentication modules. Only the installed parts of the Courier mail server show up in the administration frontend.

There are three methods to install courier-webadmin 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 courier-webadmin 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-webadmin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install courier-webadmin

Install courier-webadmin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install courier-webadmin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install courier-webadmin

Install courier-webadmin 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 courier-webadmin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install courier-webadmin

How To Uninstall courier-webadmin on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the courier-webadmin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove courier-webadmin

Uninstall courier-webadmin And Its Dependencies

To uninstall courier-webadmin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove courier-webadmin

Remove courier-webadmin Configurations and Data

To remove courier-webadmin configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge courier-webadmin

Remove courier-webadmin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove courier-webadmin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge courier-webadmin

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-webadmin package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.