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

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "qmail" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install qmail on Debian 10 (Buster)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall qmail on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: qmail
Source: netqmail
Version: 1.06-6.2~deb10u1
Installed-Size: 1501
Maintainer: Gerrit Pape
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), qmail-uids-gids (>> 1.06)
Recommends: qmail-run (>= 2.0.0)
Suggests: fastforward, dot-forward, qmail-tools
Description: a secure, reliable, efficient, simple message transfer agent
Description-md5: 4fb01ab6cd46cf3373f14ec200e0aa7b
Tag: interface::commandline, mail::transport-agent, protocol::smtp,
role::program, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/netqmail/qmail_1.06-6.2~deb10u1_amd64.deb
Size: 286228
MD5sum: 2a33f79d3fa1c91f5eb073389d6fcdce
SHA256: a77dcdd2bd6caca51622f2efab3d1b947b88119d62125076796e195c9be84f5d