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

Last updated: May 18,2024

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

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1. Install "mailcap" package

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


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall mailcap on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: mailcap
Version: 3.70+nmu1
Installed-Size: 86
Maintainer: Mime-Support Packagers
Architecture: all
Replaces: mime-support (<< 3.65)
Provides: run-mailcap
Depends: perl, media-types
Recommends: bzip2, file, xz-utils
Breaks: mime-support (<< 3.65)
Description: Debian's mailcap system, and support programs
Description-md5: e2a107a54e7ece961f5b1e1bfd92b5bb
Multi-Arch: foreign
Section: utils
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mailcap/mailcap_3.70+nmu1_all.deb
Size: 31968
MD5sum: db7326ba560cffc97a72ae2e9431c6b8
SHA256: d6c1e3c60a4b6feb107bd2d4134ea01694e9e8c9fd513639d58b649705a18fcf