How to Install and Uninstall exim4 Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the exim4 on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "exim4" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install exim4 on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                exim4
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "exim4" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall exim4 on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                exim4
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the exim4 package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: exim4
Version: 4.96-15+deb12u4
Installed-Size: 27
Maintainer: Exim4 Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: debconf (>= 1.4.69) | cdebconf (>= 0.39), exim4-base (<< 4.96-15+deb12u4.1), exim4-base (>= 4.96-15+deb12u4), exim4-daemon-light (>= 4.96-15+deb12u4) | exim4-daemon-heavy (>= 4.96-15+deb12u4) | exim4-daemon-custom (>= 4.96-15+deb12u4), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0
Description: metapackage to ease Exim MTA (v4) installation
Description-md5: 458592f74d76e446735736c1d55ce615
Homepage: https://www.exim.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, mail::delivery-agent, mail::smtp,
mail::transport-agent, network::service, protocol::ipv6,
protocol::smtp, protocol::ssl, role::dummy, role::metapackage,
role::program, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/exim4/exim4_4.96-15+deb12u4_all.deb
Size: 7192
MD5sum: 925e2c025d21ff8e2bc65f722bd84611
SHA256: c2d6964bdd1a4772058a43de3d0bf2ef13513c0a30c88917e6234101fa30d2b5