How To Install dovecot-pgsql on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-pgsql on Ubuntu 20.04.
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.
Package: dovecot-pgsql 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: 99 Depends: dovecot-core (= 1:2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3), libc6 (>= 2.4), libpq5 Filename: pool/universe/d/dovecot/dovecot-pgsql_2.3.7.2-1ubuntu3_amd64.deb Size: 15876 MD5sum: 2a34481e93bec15749d99b4b069ad264 SHA1: fdb772d2bf7c3dfd5f01efe7fb0ae01e4ade707d SHA256: 96b136a51a9670cdf526f5b33b14e6fb231a1450225e6ffbdced720eea6b769a Homepage: http://dovecot.org/ Description-en: secure POP3/IMAP server - PostgreSQL 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 PostgreSQL support for Dovecot.
There are three methods to install dovecot-pgsql 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-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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 20.04
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 Ubuntu 20.04, 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 Ubuntu 20.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-pgsql package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.