How to Install and Uninstall dovecot-imapd Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 18,2024

You can also install and uninstall the dovecot-imapd on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "dovecot-imapd" package

This guide let you learn how to install dovecot-imapd on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall dovecot-imapd on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: dovecot-imapd
Source: dovecot
Version: 1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1
Installed-Size: 1953
Maintainer: Dovecot Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: imap-server
Depends: dovecot-core (= 1:2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1), ucf, libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r130), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libzstd1 (>= 1.5.2), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: ufw
Description: secure POP3/IMAP server - IMAP daemon
Description-md5: c160efea9f93533ab3404291018f7556
Homepage: https://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_2.3.19.1+dfsg1-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 1527812
MD5sum: acdfb1de76aa381d6e227decaf8291f2
SHA256: aa2806c11e234e5fd68f322911a11e4cd237943dcd32b8f5c39e2b280b631371