How to Install and Uninstall cyrus-imapd Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 19,2024

1. Install "cyrus-imapd" package

This tutorial shows how to install cyrus-imapd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                cyrus-imapd
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "cyrus-imapd" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall cyrus-imapd on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                cyrus-imapd
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the cyrus-imapd package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: cyrus-imapd
Architecture: amd64
Version: 3.2.3-2ubuntu1
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Cyrus Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 488
Provides: imap-server
Depends: cyrus-common (= 3.2.3-2ubuntu1), libc6 (>= 2.17), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libsasl2-2 (>= 2.1.27+dfsg), libssl1.1 (>= 1.1.0), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: rsync
Conflicts: imap-server
Filename: pool/universe/c/cyrus-imapd/cyrus-imapd_3.2.3-2ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 149724
MD5sum: bd648e323c8eb95bf27ffe5979c3ac5d
SHA1: b251c2d44dfe82aa9936acc81b8c1676d09e3349
SHA256: e1f5a07dfa27f52bd3a3233415de9d287c2bdaac1c29a935f1008a35e5b89f22
SHA512: 2247567ccac905bc4b47f13d22276d2e333f0b6fd1b3bd776644f43b0370d4a1209cddbf062f6ac22c5fff05d5a4af469754773c33ff43c968008192150e4d8d
Homepage: https://www.cyrusimap.org/
Description-en: Cyrus mail system - IMAP support
Cyrus is an IMAP server designed to handle massive quantities of mail,
with a number of features not found in other IMAP implementations,
including support for:
- running the daemon without root privileges;
- POP3 and NNTP in addition to plain IMAP;
- CalDAV and CardDAV;
- secure IMAP using SSL;
- server-side filtering with Sieve;
- mail users without login accounts;
- simple mail quotas;
- virtual domains;
- IPv6.
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This package contains the IMAP (Internet Mail Access Protocol) portion
of the Cyrus IMAPd suite.
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For more information, please see the cyrus-common package.
Description-md5: 2013b72b2b05fdd34a3b3dd1c1ba084e