How To Install dovecot-auth-lua on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-auth-lua on Debian 12.
What is dovecot-auth-lua
dovecot-auth-lua is:
Dovecot is a mail server whose major goals are security and extreme reliability. It tries very hard to handle all error conditions and verify that all data is valid, making it nearly impossible to crash. It supports mbox/Maildir and its own dbox/mdbox formats, and should also be pretty fast, extensible, and portable.
This package contains an authentication plugin allowing password and user databases to be implemented in Lua.
There are three methods to install dovecot-auth-lua on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install dovecot-auth-lua Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-auth-lua using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-auth-lua
Install dovecot-auth-lua Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-auth-lua using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dovecot-auth-lua
Install dovecot-auth-lua 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 dovecot-auth-lua using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-auth-lua
How To Uninstall dovecot-auth-lua on Debian 12
To uninstall only the dovecot-auth-lua package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dovecot-auth-lua
Uninstall dovecot-auth-lua And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dovecot-auth-lua and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-auth-lua
Remove dovecot-auth-lua Configurations and Data
To remove dovecot-auth-lua configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-auth-lua
Remove dovecot-auth-lua configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dovecot-auth-lua configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dovecot-auth-lua
Dependencies
dovecot-auth-lua have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-auth-lua package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
