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

Last updated: December 25,2024

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

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "exim4-base" package

This is a short guide on how to install exim4-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "exim4-base" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall exim4-base on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: exim4-base
Source: exim4
Version: 4.96-15+deb12u4
Installed-Size: 1669
Maintainer: Exim4 Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: exim, exim-tls, exim4-daemon-custom, exim4-daemon-heavy, exim4-daemon-light
Depends: adduser, cron | cron-daemon | anacron | systemd-sysv, exim4-config (>= 4.94) | exim4-config-2, netbase, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libc6 (>= 2.34), libdb5.3
Recommends: bsd-mailx | mailx, psmisc
Suggests: exim4-doc-html | exim4-doc-info, eximon4, file, gnutls-bin | openssl, mail-reader, spf-tools-perl, swaks
Conflicts: exim, exim-tls
Breaks: exim4-daemon-custom (<< 4.96), exim4-daemon-heavy (<< 4.96), exim4-daemon-light (<< 4.96)
Description: support files for all Exim MTA (v4) packages
Description-md5: ab23a802a5e7dee33641329abf2b6565
Homepage: https://www.exim.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, mail::delivery-agent, mail::smtp,
mail::transport-agent, network::server, network::service,
protocol::ipv6, protocol::smtp, protocol::ssl, role::program,
works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/e/exim4/exim4-base_4.96-15+deb12u4_amd64.deb
Size: 1117144
MD5sum: 690eb1ad10de4368dbfaaef973b3462e
SHA256: bc7baabbecaca69730d8d15bbc733db64c35ed94b49953a862606b94b81646a3