How to Install and Uninstall bsd-mailx Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: November 22,2024

You can also install and uninstall the bsd-mailx on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "bsd-mailx" package

This is a short guide on how to install bsd-mailx on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the steps below to uninstall bsd-mailx on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the bsd-mailx package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: bsd-mailx
Version: 8.1.2-0.20220412cvs-1
Installed-Size: 175
Maintainer: Robert Luberda
Architecture: amd64
Provides: mail-reader, mailx
Depends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, libbsd0 (>= 0.11.0), libc6 (>= 2.33), 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_8.1.2-0.20220412cvs-1_amd64.deb
Size: 90364
MD5sum: 1fecec48dae36a9fa33445d68c3ba849
SHA256: c7e69517fefd7b086d6e8f7a7c4cc24318fe48e42f1da5ee13210a716eb912af