How To Install sieve-connect on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sieve-connect on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is sieve-connect
sieve-connect is:
This is sieve-connect. A client for the MANAGESIEVE protocol, as implemented by timsieved in Cyrus IMAP.
sieve-connect is designed to be both a tool which can be invoked from scripts and also a decent interactive client. It should also be a drop-in replacement for “sieveshell”, as supplied with Cyrus IMAP.
There are three methods to install sieve-connect 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 sieve-connect Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install sieve-connect using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install sieve-connect
Install sieve-connect Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install sieve-connect using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install sieve-connect
Install sieve-connect 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 sieve-connect using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install sieve-connect
How To Uninstall sieve-connect on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the sieve-connect package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove sieve-connect
Uninstall sieve-connect And Its Dependencies
To uninstall sieve-connect and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sieve-connect
Remove sieve-connect Configurations and Data
To remove sieve-connect configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge sieve-connect
Remove sieve-connect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove sieve-connect configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sieve-connect
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sieve-connect package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
