How To Install dovecot-imapd on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-imapd on Kali Linux.

What is dovecot-imapd

dovecot-imapd 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 the Dovecot IMAP server.

There are three methods to install dovecot-imapd on Kali Linux. 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-imapd 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-imapd using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-imapd

Install dovecot-imapd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dovecot-imapd

Install dovecot-imapd Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

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

sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-imapd

How To Uninstall dovecot-imapd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dovecot-imapd

Uninstall dovecot-imapd And Its Dependencies

To uninstall dovecot-imapd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-imapd

Remove dovecot-imapd Configurations and Data

To remove dovecot-imapd configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-imapd

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

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

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

Dependencies

dovecot-imapd have the following dependencies:

• dovecot-core

References

• dovecot-imapd website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-imapd package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.