How To Install dovecot-pgsql on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-pgsql
on Debian 10.
What is dovecot-pgsql
dovecot-pgsql 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 PostgreSQL support for Dovecot.
There are three methods to install dovecot-pgsql
on Debian 10. 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-pgsql 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-pgsql
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-pgsql
Install dovecot-pgsql Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-pgsql
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dovecot-pgsql
Install dovecot-pgsql 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude
using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install dovecot-pgsql
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-pgsql
How To Uninstall dovecot-pgsql on Debian 10
To uninstall only the dovecot-pgsql
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dovecot-pgsql
Uninstall dovecot-pgsql And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dovecot-pgsql
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-pgsql
Remove dovecot-pgsql Configurations and Data
To remove dovecot-pgsql
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-pgsql
Remove dovecot-pgsql configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dovecot-pgsql
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dovecot-pgsql
Dependencies
dovecot-pgsql have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-pgsql
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.