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

Last updated: February 24,2025

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mimedefang" package

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


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall mimedefang on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


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

Package: mimedefang
Version: 3.3-1
Installed-Size: 808
Maintainer: Christoph Martin
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libmilter1.0.1 (>= 8.14.1), libperl5.36 (>= 5.36.0), perl:any, debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, libmime-tools-perl, libio-stringy-perl, libmime-base64-perl, libmailtools-perl, libunix-syslog-perl, psmisc, adduser
Suggests: libmail-spamassassin-perl, sanitizer, libhtml-parser-perl, wv, clamav, libarchive-zip-perl, graphdefang, tk | wish, sendmail | postfix
Description: e-mail filter program for sendmail
Description-md5: e22a57a2cca6b9b051158a39372e2f84
Homepage: https://www.mimedefang.org/
Tag: implemented-in::perl, interface::graphical, interface::x11,
mail::filters, network::server, role::program, works-with::mail,
x11::application
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mimedefang/mimedefang_3.3-1_amd64.deb
Size: 275328
MD5sum: 5a34719c1b266aaabe274da801a571f9
SHA256: aed84e76ccb0bd38a4d95712625a34dd8e9114ff7197478df6da1d52ed42722c