How To Install cyrus-replication on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-replication on Debian 9.

What is cyrus-replication

cyrus-replication is:

This package contains the Cyrus IMAPd suite replication system. It allows the replication of the mail spool between two imap or pop servers.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install cyrus-replication

Install cyrus-replication Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install cyrus-replication

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

sudo aptitude -y install cyrus-replication

How To Uninstall cyrus-replication on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove cyrus-replication

Uninstall cyrus-replication And Its Dependencies

To uninstall cyrus-replication and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove cyrus-replication

Remove cyrus-replication Configurations and Data

To remove cyrus-replication configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge cyrus-replication

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

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

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

Dependencies

cyrus-replication have the following dependencies:

• dpkg
• cyrus-common
• cyrus-imapd
• libc6
• libicu57
• libsasl2-2
• libwrap0
• zlib1g

References

• cyrus-replication website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-replication package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.