How to Install and Uninstall bsd-mailx Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "bsd-mailx" package

Learn how to install bsd-mailx on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                bsd-mailx
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "bsd-mailx" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall bsd-mailx on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                bsd-mailx
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bsd-mailx package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: bsd-mailx
Version: 8.1.2-0.20180807cvs-1
Installed-Size: 174
Maintainer: Robert Luberda
Architecture: amd64
Provides: mail-reader, mailx
Depends: base-files (>= 2.2.0), default-mta | mail-transport-agent, libbsd0 (>= 0.9.1), libc6 (>= 2.17), liblockfile1 (>= 1.0)
Description: simple mail user agent
Description-md5: e80062c2ba1e87064c776affd111f9bb
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, mail::smtp, mail::user-agent,
network::client, protocol::smtp, role::program, suite::bsd,
works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/b/bsd-mailx/bsd-mailx_8.1.2-0.20180807cvs-1_amd64.deb
Size: 89200
MD5sum: e68dc9fe900b0ea213987b3c0e947d34
SHA256: ec569928c68124f7b6d7ce71c99d8463843774ddfc64cd8d08535bb1d39d3e4b