How to Install and Uninstall procmail Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: December 30,2024

1. Install "procmail" package

This tutorial shows how to install procmail on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                procmail
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "procmail" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall procmail on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: procmail
Version: 3.22-26
Installed-Size: 300
Maintainer: Santiago Vila
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14)
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent | fetchmail
Description: Versatile e-mail processor
Description-md5: 5fe1752f436b234d8c33cb0e7484299f
Homepage: http://www.procmail.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, mail::delivery-agent,
mail::filters, role::program, scope::utility, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/p/procmail/procmail_3.22-26_amd64.deb
Size: 142260
MD5sum: 9c2f2f0f647cbb87c93eb3774c47d9fa
SHA256: 7052fd663d8c1f6df0237f579491d816942adea11d01cd1d5c2ed639797b1ccc