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

Last updated: November 22,2024

1. Install "sortmail" package

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


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall sortmail on Debian 10 (Buster):


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

Package: sortmail
Version: 1:2.4-3
Installed-Size: 132
Maintainer: Debian QA Group
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgdbm-compat4
Description: simple mail sorter
Description-md5: 9e32fcffbc57a05d483e96d0bbd79a26
Homepage: http://sortmail.sourceforge.net/
Tag: mail::filters, role::program, scope::utility, use::organizing,
works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/s/sortmail/sortmail_2.4-3_amd64.deb
Size: 49352
MD5sum: 988ddb52a80038ea0beb21040bd23a08
SHA256: 9662a774fc547dffdf14f424320815bc8049222ffcc87fb51c9c1f7074ab67df