How To Install sqwebmail on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqwebmail on Ubuntu 18.04.
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 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 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 Ubuntu. 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 Ubuntu 18.04
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 Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove sqwebmail
Remove sqwebmail Configurations and Data
To remove sqwebmail configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 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
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install sqwebmail package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
