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

Last updated: May 17,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "maildrop" package

This guide let you learn how to install maildrop on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall maildrop 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 maildrop package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: maildrop
Version: 2.9.3-2.1
Installed-Size: 1147
Maintainer: Josip Rodin
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: courier-base (<= 0.58.0-1), courier-maildrop (<< 2.8.3+0.75.0-15~)
Depends: courier-authlib (>= 0.71), libc6 (>= 2.33), libcourier-unicode4 (>= 2.1.2), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libgdbm6 (>= 1.16), libpcre3, libstdc++6 (>= 5.2)
Recommends: exim4 | mail-transport-agent
Breaks: courier-maildrop (<< 2.8.3+0.75.0-15~)
Description: mail delivery agent with filtering abilities (set-GID=mail)
Description-md5: eda875822ffffaedfbf2564b0e457648
Homepage: http://www.courier-mta.org/maildrop/
Tag: interface::daemon, mail::delivery-agent, mail::filters, network::server,
role::program, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/maildrop/maildrop_2.9.3-2.1_amd64.deb
Size: 343116
MD5sum: 5bcaf53c3731e6d3f91ce1d6d2b11ba8
SHA256: 14317f5aece47ec3e3d1ce729a8b36bf02fc071dbaee64a0789014b9b58d6877