How To Install dovecot-metadata-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install dovecot-metadata-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04. dovecot-metadata-plugin is Experimental IMAP METADATA Extension for Dovecot

Introduction

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

What is dovecot-metadata-plugin

dovecot-metadata-plugin is:

This is a set of plugins for the Dovecot IMAP server version 2.2 that implement the IMAP METADATA Extension. The goal of the development is to extend dovecot so that it can be used as the IMAP component instead of Cyrus IMAPd in the Kolab server.

There are three methods to install dovecot-metadata-plugin 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-metadata-plugin 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-metadata-plugin using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-metadata-plugin

Install dovecot-metadata-plugin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dovecot-metadata-plugin

Install dovecot-metadata-plugin 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-metadata-plugin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-metadata-plugin

How To Uninstall dovecot-metadata-plugin on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove dovecot-metadata-plugin

Uninstall dovecot-metadata-plugin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-metadata-plugin

Remove dovecot-metadata-plugin Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-metadata-plugin

Remove dovecot-metadata-plugin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove dovecot-metadata-plugin configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dovecot-metadata-plugin

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Summary

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