How to Install and Uninstall dovecot-core Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "dovecot-core" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install dovecot-core on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dovecot-core" package

This is a short guide on how to uninstall dovecot-core on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dovecot-core package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: dovecot-core
Source: dovecot
Version: 1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u6
Installed-Size: 10475
Maintainer: Dovecot Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: dovecot-common (<< 1:2.0.14-2~), mailavenger (<< 0.8.1-4)
Provides: dovecot-abi-2.3.abiv4, dovecot-common
Depends: adduser, libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1), lsb-base, openssl, ssl-cert, ucf (>= 2.0020), libapparmor1 (>= 2.7.0~beta1+bzr1772), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.27), libexttextcat-2.0-0 (>= 3.3.0), libicu63 (>= 63.1-1~), liblua5.3-0, liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r130), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libsodium23 (>= 1.0.13), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), libstemmer0d (>= 0+svn527), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: dovecot-gssapi, dovecot-imapd, dovecot-ldap, dovecot-lmtpd, dovecot-lucene, dovecot-managesieved, dovecot-mysql, dovecot-pgsql, dovecot-pop3d, dovecot-sieve, dovecot-solr, dovecot-sqlite, dovecot-submissiond, ntp
Breaks: dovecot-common (<< 1:2.0.14-2~), mailavenger (<< 0.8.1-4)
Description: secure POP3/IMAP server - core files
Description-md5: 42825422b1ef9e3a592c94dfafed375c
Homepage: http://dovecot.org/
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-core_2.3.4.1-5+deb10u6_amd64.deb
Size: 3916628
MD5sum: aa038573b954bce6072f9948663e4997
SHA256: c06903861b392c68d9ecbdfaa1754498206523976d666ae6c7475edecd3a3e10

Package: dovecot-core
Source: dovecot
Version: 1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u5
Installed-Size: 10475
Maintainer: Dovecot Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: dovecot-common (<< 1:2.0.14-2~), mailavenger (<< 0.8.1-4)
Provides: dovecot-abi-2.3.abiv4, dovecot-common
Depends: adduser, libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1), lsb-base, openssl, ssl-cert, ucf (>= 2.0020), libapparmor1 (>= 2.7.0~beta1+bzr1772), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.27), libexttextcat-2.0-0 (>= 3.3.0), libicu63 (>= 63.1-1~), liblua5.3-0, liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r130), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libsodium23 (>= 1.0.13), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.1), libstemmer0d (>= 0+svn527), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: dovecot-gssapi, dovecot-imapd, dovecot-ldap, dovecot-lmtpd, dovecot-lucene, dovecot-managesieved, dovecot-mysql, dovecot-pgsql, dovecot-pop3d, dovecot-sieve, dovecot-solr, dovecot-sqlite, dovecot-submissiond, ntp
Breaks: dovecot-common (<< 1:2.0.14-2~), mailavenger (<< 0.8.1-4)
Description: secure POP3/IMAP server - core files
Description-md5: 42825422b1ef9e3a592c94dfafed375c
Homepage: http://dovecot.org/
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-core_2.3.4.1-5+deb10u5_amd64.deb
Size: 3914140
MD5sum: a97bc0b6f835cf7140966269172333f2
SHA256: 38c25d1f21bc5b2e0ee4f52ad4332a8b3537a15c57087368087a30ab27c5c7cd