How To Install dovecot-gssapi on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-gssapi on Ubuntu 20.04. dovecot-gssapi is secure POP3/IMAP server - GSSAPI support secure POP3/IMAP server - GSSAPI support

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-gssapi on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is dovecot-gssapi

dovecot-gssapi 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 provides GSSAPI authentication support for Dovecot.

Package: dovecot-gssapi Architecture: amd64 Version: 1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3 Priority: optional Section: universe/mail Source: dovecot Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Dovecot Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 83 Depends: dovecot-core (= 1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3), libc6 (>= 2.4), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2) Filename: pool/universe/d/dovecot/dovecot-gssapi_2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 11256 MD5sum: b78c8272a7c3702acd08b711b1791290 SHA1: 66ccd7aad0b137761a8258a815b2b15b9853eb28 SHA256: 3e3f8d584c98ca45930f5819ca41f4bf12c106ba6749ee569cf62f3ecf917285 Homepage: http://dovecot.org/ Description-en: secure POP3/IMAP server - GSSAPI support 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 provides GSSAPI authentication support for Dovecot.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-gssapi

Install dovecot-gssapi Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dovecot-gssapi

Install dovecot-gssapi 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 dovecot-gssapi using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-gssapi

How To Uninstall dovecot-gssapi on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the dovecot-gssapi package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dovecot-gssapi

Uninstall dovecot-gssapi And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-gssapi

Remove dovecot-gssapi Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-gssapi

Remove dovecot-gssapi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dovecot-gssapi

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Summary

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