How to Install and Uninstall dovecot-core Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "dovecot-core" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install dovecot-core on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall dovecot-core on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the dovecot-core package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: dovecot-core
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Source: dovecot
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dovecot Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 7410
Provides: dovecot-abi-2.2.abiv22, dovecot-common
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.17), libexttextcat-2.0-0 (>= 3.3.0), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r113), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1), openssl, adduser, ucf (>= 2.0020), ssl-cert
Recommends: ntpdate
Suggests: ntp, dovecot-gssapi, dovecot-sieve, dovecot-pgsql, dovecot-mysql, dovecot-sqlite, dovecot-ldap, dovecot-imapd, dovecot-pop3d, dovecot-lmtpd, dovecot-managesieved, dovecot-solr, ufw
Breaks: dovecot-common (<< 1:2.0.14-2~), mailavenger (<< 0.8.1-4)
Replaces: dovecot-common (<< 1:2.0.14-2~), mailavenger (<< 0.8.1-4)
Filename: pool/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-core_2.2.22-1ubuntu2.14_amd64.deb
Size: 2424560
MD5sum: 7972107f287d8552ad1d9d6bdd0a3c27
SHA1: f94123da624437ea9b750a39ea8e71c23910db1e
SHA256: 9f7fb78b848e7286d9e763d048cabbcafd885fed624aaab452a4b9ed27089eb1
SHA512: 01eaf819a3142b32c8641cb8e814aaa959250aa6b5a46b8a88e0aa28f56764ca3c0d4253e13a3639223ec09ab82431078266eb0808c46a21478c33f3c0e8e130
Homepage: http://dovecot.org/
Description-en: secure POP3/IMAP server - core files
Dovecot is a mail server whose major goals are security and extreme
reliability. It tries very hard to handle all error conditions and verify
that all data is valid, making it nearly impossible to crash. It supports
mbox/Maildir and its own dbox/mdbox formats, and should also be pretty
fast, extensible, and portable.
.
This package contains the Dovecot main server and its command line utility.
Description-md5: 42825422b1ef9e3a592c94dfafed375c
Task: mail-server
Supported: 5y

Package: dovecot-core
Priority: optional
Section: mail
Installed-Size: 7410
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Dovecot Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: dovecot
Version: 1:2.2.22-1ubuntu2
Replaces: dovecot-common (<< 1:2.0.14-2~), mailavenger (<< 0.8.1-4)
Provides: dovecot-abi-2.2.abiv22, dovecot-common
Depends: libbz2-1.0, libc6 (>= 2.17), libexttextcat-2.0-0 (>= 3.3.0), liblz4-1 (>= 0.0~r113), liblzma5 (>= 5.1.1alpha+20120614), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.0), libwrap0 (>= 7.6-4~), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), init-system-helpers (>= 1.18~), lsb-base (>= 4.1+Debian11ubuntu7), libpam-runtime (>= 0.76-13.1), openssl, adduser, ucf (>= 2.0020), ssl-cert
Recommends: ntpdate
Suggests: ntp, dovecot-gssapi, dovecot-sieve, dovecot-pgsql, dovecot-mysql, dovecot-sqlite, dovecot-ldap, dovecot-imapd, dovecot-pop3d, dovecot-lmtpd, dovecot-managesieved, dovecot-solr, dovecot-lucene, ufw
Breaks: dovecot-common (<< 1:2.0.14-2~), mailavenger (<< 0.8.1-4)
Filename: pool/main/d/dovecot/dovecot-core_2.2.22-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 2420094
MD5sum: f75ce3c784f52c3830853b2b20556991
SHA1: c38bafd94d8ca40f493239564441e95c5eabafe6
SHA256: bac928079eebe858367d2be12db43e27bc7112af5326978cc566bfe3e9fa0ca6
Description-en: secure POP3/IMAP server - core files
Dovecot is a mail server whose major goals are security and extreme
reliability. It tries very hard to handle all error conditions and verify
that all data is valid, making it nearly impossible to crash. It supports
mbox/Maildir and its own dbox/mdbox formats, and should also be pretty
fast, extensible, and portable.
.
This package contains the Dovecot main server and its command line utility.
Description-md5: 42825422b1ef9e3a592c94dfafed375c
Homepage: http://dovecot.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: mail-server