How To Install dovecot-managesieved on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-managesieved on Kali Linux.
What is dovecot-managesieved
dovecot-managesieved 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 contains the Dovecot ManageSieve server.
There are three methods to install dovecot-managesieved on Kali Linux. 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-managesieved Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dovecot-managesieved using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-managesievedInstall dovecot-managesieved Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dovecot-managesieved using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install dovecot-managesievedInstall dovecot-managesieved Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install dovecot-managesieved using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-managesievedHow To Uninstall dovecot-managesieved on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the dovecot-managesieved package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove dovecot-managesievedUninstall dovecot-managesieved And Its Dependencies
To uninstall dovecot-managesieved and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-managesievedRemove dovecot-managesieved Configurations and Data
To remove dovecot-managesieved configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-managesievedRemove dovecot-managesieved configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove dovecot-managesieved configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dovecot-managesievedDependencies
dovecot-managesieved have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-managesieved package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
