How To Install cyrus-admin on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-admin on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is cyrus-admin
cyrus-admin is:
This package provides the administrative tools for the Cyrus IMAPd suite. It contains the cyradm tool which can be used to administer both local and remote Cyrus mail systems. It also contains sieveshell and its deprecated cousin installsieve, which can be used to manage sieve scripts.
For more information, please see the cyrus-common package.
There are three methods to install cyrus-admin 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 cyrus-admin Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cyrus-admin using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cyrus-admin
Install cyrus-admin Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cyrus-admin using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cyrus-admin
Install cyrus-admin 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 cyrus-admin using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cyrus-admin
How To Uninstall cyrus-admin on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the cyrus-admin package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cyrus-admin
Uninstall cyrus-admin And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cyrus-admin and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cyrus-admin
Remove cyrus-admin Configurations and Data
To remove cyrus-admin configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cyrus-admin
Remove cyrus-admin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cyrus-admin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cyrus-admin
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cyrus-admin package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
