How To Install dovecot-lmtpd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is dovecot-lmtpd

dovecot-lmtpd 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 LMTP server.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-lmtpd

Install dovecot-lmtpd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dovecot-lmtpd

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

sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-lmtpd

How To Uninstall dovecot-lmtpd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove dovecot-lmtpd

Uninstall dovecot-lmtpd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-lmtpd

Remove dovecot-lmtpd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-lmtpd

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

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

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

Dependencies

dovecot-lmtpd have the following dependencies:

• dovecot-core

References

• dovecot-lmtpd website

Summary

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