How To Install dovecot-managesieved on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-managesieved on Ubuntu 18.04. dovecot-managesieved is secure POP3/IMAP server - ManageSieve server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-managesieved on Ubuntu 18.04.

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 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 dovecot-managesieved Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-managesieved

Install dovecot-managesieved Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dovecot-managesieved

Install dovecot-managesieved 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 dovecot-managesieved using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-managesieved

How To Uninstall dovecot-managesieved on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the dovecot-managesieved package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove dovecot-managesieved

Uninstall dovecot-managesieved And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-managesieved

Remove dovecot-managesieved Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-managesieved

Remove 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-managesieved

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Summary

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