How To Install dovecot-solr on Ubuntu 18.04

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

Introduction

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

What is dovecot-solr

dovecot-solr 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 provides Solr full text search support for Dovecot.

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

sudo apt-get -y install dovecot-solr

Install dovecot-solr Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install dovecot-solr

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

sudo aptitude -y install dovecot-solr

How To Uninstall dovecot-solr on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove dovecot-solr

Uninstall dovecot-solr And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove dovecot-solr

Remove dovecot-solr Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge dovecot-solr

Remove dovecot-solr configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge dovecot-solr

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Summary

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