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

Last updated: May 17,2024

1. Install "dovecot-imapd" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install dovecot-imapd on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "dovecot-imapd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall dovecot-imapd on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: dovecot-imapd
Source: dovecot
Version: 1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u6
Installed-Size: 1572
Maintainer: Dovecot Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: imap-server
Depends: dovecot-core (= 1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u6), ucf (>= 2.0020), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.14), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r130), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: ufw
Description: secure POP3/IMAP server - IMAP daemon
Description-md5: c160efea9f93533ab3404291018f7556
Homepage: http://dovecot.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, mail::imap, network::server,
protocol::imap, role::program, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_2.3.4.1-5+deb10u6_amd64.deb
Size: 1177752
MD5sum: 3cc7ea895f56edb87910f805a286d446
SHA256: b3d9f88b7c4cd232a257b9087982015b68701bfc79b6e2d13c105bd1ae332388

Package: dovecot-imapd
Source: dovecot
Version: 1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u5
Installed-Size: 1572
Maintainer: Dovecot Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: imap-server
Depends: dovecot-core (= 1:2.3.4.1-5+deb10u5), ucf (>= 2.0020), libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.14), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r130), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: ufw
Description: secure POP3/IMAP server - IMAP daemon
Description-md5: c160efea9f93533ab3404291018f7556
Homepage: http://dovecot.org/
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-imapd_2.3.4.1-5+deb10u5_amd64.deb
Size: 1178124
MD5sum: 5fe7b498bb05aab393d6075c6180195f
SHA256: f24b5004ebf752f99b507cd29a414f732395ab44ea908e4e931d95eab98df36b