Can't uninstal dovecot

[asdasd4]

Try any thing none work ,won't deleting (i logged in as root):


aptitude purge dovecot


apt-get remove dovecot


sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove dovecot


apt-get install -f dovecot


sudo apt-get remove --purge postfix


sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove dovecot-postfix

Nothing work's this error :


Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree
Reading state information... Done
Package 'dovecot' is not installed, so not removed
0 upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 8 not upgraded.


When i try sudo service dovecot status i get this :

dovecot start/runing

Please please how i remove dovecot!!! i already removed postfix but i no success remove dovecot , i also can give SSH access just to solve it!!

Thanks .

[ajgreeny]

How did you install it in the first place?

[asdasd4]

apt-get install dovecot ?

[slickymaster]

How did you install it in the first place?
This ^^^

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sudo apt-get remove --auto-remove dovecot
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sudo apt-get purge --auto-remove dovecot-postfix<---snip--->
Another thing, the correct syntax is autoremove, not auto-remove.