Cyrus IMAP is an open-source email server used to store and access emails. This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on installing Cyrus IMAP on Linux Mint Latest.
Before we start the installation process, we need to ensure that the following prerequisites are met:
To install Cyrus IMAP on Linux Mint Latest, follow the steps below:
Before we start, update the system packages using the following command:
sudo apt-get update -y && sudo apt-get upgrade -y
Install the required dependencies for building Cyrus from source by running:
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev libxml2-dev libperl-dev sasl2-bin libsqlite3-dev libical-dev libsasl2-modules libsasl2-modules-sql -y
Once these dependencies are installed, you’re ready to install Cyrus IMAP.
Download the latest version of Cyrus IMAP from the official website using the following command:
wget https://download.cyrusimap.org/cyrus-imapd/releases/cyrus-imapd-3.6.6.tar.gz
Extract the downloaded Cyrus IMAP archive using the tar command as follows:
tar -zxvf cyrus-imapd-3.6.6.tar.gz
This command will extract the contents of the archive to the cyrus-imapd-3.6.6 directory.
Once you've extracted the contents of the archive, move into the directory by running the following command:
cd cyrus-imapd-3.6.6/
Next, find a script called configure in the current directory and run it as follows:
./configure
This will configure the Cyrus IMAP server for installation.
Once the configuration is done, run the following command to start the installation:
make && make install
This process might take a while, depending on your system speed.
Once you’ve installed Cyrus IMAP, you need to configure it. To configure Cyrus IMAP, run the following command:
/usr/local/sbin/mkimap
This command will create the default configuration for Cyrus IMAP.
Next, run the following command to start Cyrus IMAP service:
/usr/local/cyrus/bin/master
You’ll see a master process running in the output of this command.
You’ve now successfully installed and started Cyrus IMAP on Linux Mint Latest.
In this tutorial, we’ve gone through the steps required for installing Cyrus IMAP on Linux Mint Latest. After following these steps, you should have a running Cyrus IMAP server that can be used to store and access emails.
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