How To Install cyrus-nntpd on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-nntpd on Ubuntu 22.04. cyrus-nntpd is Cyrus mail system - NNTP support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-nntpd on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is cyrus-nntpd

cyrus-nntpd is:

This package contains the NNTP (Network News Transfer Protocol) portion of the Cyrus IMAPd suite.

For more information, please see the cyrus-common package.

There are three methods to install cyrus-nntpd 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 cyrus-nntpd Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install cyrus-nntpd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install cyrus-nntpd

Install cyrus-nntpd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cyrus-nntpd

Install cyrus-nntpd 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 cyrus-nntpd using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install cyrus-nntpd

How To Uninstall cyrus-nntpd on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the cyrus-nntpd package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove cyrus-nntpd

Uninstall cyrus-nntpd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cyrus-nntpd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cyrus-nntpd

Remove cyrus-nntpd Configurations and Data

To remove cyrus-nntpd configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cyrus-nntpd

Remove cyrus-nntpd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cyrus-nntpd

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-nntpd package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.