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

Last updated: May 16,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mailutils" package

This is a short guide on how to install mailutils on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mailutils" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall mailutils 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 mailutils package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: mailutils
Version: 1:3.15-4
Installed-Size: 948
Maintainer: Jordi Mallach
Architecture: amd64
Provides: mail-reader, mailx
Depends: mailutils-common (= 1:3.15-4), libc6 (>= 2.34), libcrypt1 (>= 1:4.1.0), libfribidi0 (>= 0.19.2), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.0), libgsasl18 (>= 1.1), libldap-2.5-0 (>= 2.5.4), libmailutils9, libncurses6 (>= 6), libpam0g (>= 0.99.7.1), libreadline8 (>= 6.0), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libunistring2 (>= 0.9.7)
Recommends: default-mta | mail-transport-agent
Suggests: mailutils-mh, mailutils-doc
Breaks: elm-me+ (<< 2.4pl25ME+99c-3), heirloom-mailx (<< 12.3-3)
Description: GNU mailutils utilities for handling mail
Description-md5: 2d2d88b93b295fdfb438b5c770fc1349
Homepage: https://www.gnu.org/software/mailutils/
Tag: interface::text-mode, mail::filters, mail::imap, mail::pop, mail::smtp,
mail::user-agent, network::client, protocol::imap, protocol::pop3,
protocol::smtp, protocol::ssl, role::program, suite::gnu,
uitoolkit::ncurses, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mailutils/mailutils_3.15-4_amd64.deb
Size: 566956
MD5sum: 4109d4d9843b57df5b583d1576d219ce
SHA256: 1f50dec7ba2855ed8a7745696025f5982fd2b36a9d4d357209dc1f7e89e0f195