How To Install courier-pcp on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-pcp on Ubuntu 18.04. courier-pcp is Courier mail server - PCP server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-pcp on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is courier-pcp

courier-pcp 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 PCP (Personal Calendaring Protocol) server needed for the groupware calendaring mode of SqWebMail.

There are three methods to install courier-pcp 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 courier-pcp Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install courier-pcp

Install courier-pcp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install courier-pcp

Install courier-pcp 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 courier-pcp using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install courier-pcp

How To Uninstall courier-pcp on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the courier-pcp package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove courier-pcp

Uninstall courier-pcp And Its Dependencies

To uninstall courier-pcp and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove courier-pcp

Remove courier-pcp Configurations and Data

To remove courier-pcp configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge courier-pcp

Remove courier-pcp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge courier-pcp

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install courier-pcp package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.