How To Install sqwebmail on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install sqwebmail on Debian 9. sqwebmail is Courier mail server - webmail server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install sqwebmail on Debian 9.

What is sqwebmail

sqwebmail is:

The Courier mail transfer agent (MTA) is an integrated mail/groupware server based on open commodity protocols, such as ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, LDAP, TLS, and HTTP. Courier provides ESMTP, IMAP, POP3, webmail, and mailing list services within a single, consistent, framework.

This package contains the SqWebMail webmail server, which provides access to local mailboxes in Maildir format.

There are three methods to install sqwebmail on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install sqwebmail Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install sqwebmail

Install sqwebmail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install sqwebmail using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install sqwebmail

Install sqwebmail 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 sqwebmail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install sqwebmail

How To Uninstall sqwebmail on Debian 9

To uninstall only the sqwebmail package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove sqwebmail

Uninstall sqwebmail And Its Dependencies

To uninstall sqwebmail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove sqwebmail

Remove sqwebmail Configurations and Data

To remove sqwebmail configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge sqwebmail

Remove sqwebmail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge sqwebmail

Dependencies

sqwebmail have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install sqwebmail package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.