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

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "fetchmail" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install fetchmail on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall fetchmail on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: fetchmail
Version: 6.4.37-1
Installed-Size: 789
Maintainer: Laszlo Boszormenyi (GCS)
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: fetchmail-common, fetchmail-ssl
Provides: fetchmail-ssl
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libcom-err2 (>= 1.43.9), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libkrb5-3 (>= 1.13~alpha1+dfsg), libssl3 (>= 3.0.7), debianutils (>= 1.7), adduser (>= 3.34), sysvinit-utils (>= 3.05-4~) | lsb-base
Pre-Depends: init-system-helpers (>= 1.52)
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: fetchmailconf, default-mta | mail-transport-agent, resolvconf
Conflicts: fetchmail-common
Breaks: fetchmail-ssl (<= 6.2.5-12), logcheck (<< 1.1.1-9)
Description: SSL enabled POP3, APOP, IMAP mail gatherer/forwarder
Description-md5: 05cb6c758ac9e6de53b36438f8f52a45
Homepage: https://www.fetchmail.info
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::daemon, mail::imap, mail::pop,
network::client, network::server, protocol::imap, protocol::pop3,
protocol::ssl, role::program, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/fetchmail/fetchmail_6.4.37-1_amd64.deb
Size: 375940
MD5sum: 7097c11cbcd17bcaf98eaa6b4164d57a
SHA256: 67a888df52239e0988a9170b8d8521fbeca1d9934a8b0f1a3e1ea6982a880ed6