How To Install dovecot-metadata-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-metadata-plugin
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is dovecot-metadata-plugin
dovecot-metadata-plugin is:
This is a set of plugins for the Dovecot IMAP server version 2.2 that implement the IMAP METADATA Extension. The goal of the development is to extend dovecot so that it can be used as the IMAP component instead of Cyrus IMAPd in the Kolab server.
There are three methods to install dovecot-metadata-plugin
on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-metadata-plugin 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-metadata-plugin
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-metadata-plugin
Install dovecot-metadata-plugin Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-metadata-plugin
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dovecot-metadata-plugin
Install dovecot-metadata-plugin 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-metadata-plugin
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-metadata-plugin
How To Uninstall dovecot-metadata-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the dovecot-metadata-plugin
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dovecot-metadata-plugin
Uninstall dovecot-metadata-plugin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dovecot-metadata-plugin
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-metadata-plugin
Remove dovecot-metadata-plugin Configurations and Data
To remove dovecot-metadata-plugin
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-metadata-plugin
Remove dovecot-metadata-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dovecot-metadata-plugin
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dovecot-metadata-plugin
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-metadata-plugin
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.