How To Install dovecot-ldap on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-ldap on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is dovecot-ldap
dovecot-ldap 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 LDAP support for Dovecot.
Package: dovecot-ldap 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: 197 Depends: dovecot-core (= 1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3), ucf (>= 2.0020), libc6 (>= 2.4), libldap-2.4-2 (>= 2.4.7) Breaks: dovecot-core (« 1:2.2.26.0-1~) Replaces: dovecot-core (« 1:2.2.26.0-1~) Filename: pool/universe/d/dovecot/dovecot-ldap_2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 41520 MD5sum: cebc5784181a7ba959e2d0e665624626 SHA1: 428de947c7ef16867980dcba33079182c3d64314 SHA256: 42bb7072220cd61056896f764e897ae8d97dd66a952783a73ce82d49fd3fa3e1 Homepage: http://dovecot.org/ Description-en: secure POP3/IMAP server - LDAP 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 LDAP support for Dovecot.
There are three methods to install dovecot-ldap 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-ldap 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-ldap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-ldap
Install dovecot-ldap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-ldap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dovecot-ldap
Install dovecot-ldap 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-ldap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-ldap
How To Uninstall dovecot-ldap on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the dovecot-ldap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dovecot-ldap
Uninstall dovecot-ldap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dovecot-ldap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-ldap
Remove dovecot-ldap Configurations and Data
To remove dovecot-ldap configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-ldap
Remove dovecot-ldap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dovecot-ldap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dovecot-ldap
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-ldap package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.