How to Install and Uninstall cyrus-imapd Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "cyrus-imapd" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install cyrus-imapd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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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 steps below to uninstall cyrus-imapd on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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 cyrus-imapd package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: cyrus-imapd
Priority: extra
Section: universe/mail
Installed-Size: 4572
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Cyrus Team
Architecture: amd64
Source: cyrus-imapd-2.4
Version: 2.4.18-3
Replaces: cyrus-imapd-2.2, cyrus-imapd-2.4 (<< 2.4.17+caldav~beta10-2~)
Provides: imap-server
Depends: cyrus-common (= 2.4.18-3), libc6 (>= 2.15), libcomerr2 (>= 1.01), libdb5.3, libkrb5-3 (>= 1.6.dfsg.2), libsasl2-2, libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Pre-Depends: dpkg (>= 1.17.14)
Conflicts: imap-server
Breaks: cyrus-imapd-2.2, cyrus-imapd-2.4 (<< 2.4.17+caldav~beta10-2~)
Filename: pool/universe/c/cyrus-imapd-2.4/cyrus-imapd_2.4.18-3_amd64.deb
Size: 426600
MD5sum: b8950d7f301b9707f5b4a0e7ac8c2db5
SHA1: 795d0b06a027d62c8056f5e0791fceca2ab88f43
SHA256: cde0be19cdf0fe78cceec86e10680cc01c8e6aca808491f8a4a2a4195d1745ee
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;
- 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: e689dd5de65908fca7245ff4a74d3f90
Homepage: http://www.cyrusimap.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu