How to Install and Uninstall msmtp Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
Last updated: February 02,2025
Notice
You can also install and uninstall the msmtp on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system
- MX Linux 23
- SparkyLinux
1. Install "msmtp" package
In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install msmtp on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
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sudo apt update
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sudo apt install
msmtp
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2. Uninstall "msmtp" package
This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall msmtp on Debian 12 (Bookworm):
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sudo apt remove
msmtp
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sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
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3. Information about the msmtp package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)
Package: msmtp
Version: 1.8.23-1
Installed-Size: 616
Maintainer: Emmanuel Bouthenot
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.5), libgsasl18 (>= 1.1), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, adduser, ucf
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: msmtp-mta
Conflicts: msmtp-gnome
Description: light SMTP client with support for server profiles
Description-md5: cb672817175b0fe547d71313e35a93e0
Homepage: https://marlam.de/msmtp/
Tag: mail::smtp, network::client, protocol::smtp, role::program,
security::authentication, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/msmtp/msmtp_1.8.23-1_amd64.deb
Size: 200720
MD5sum: d578d97c0bf087c1c905b2fe3b758924
SHA256: 30acdf76d4f8290a5b6d9b3ac29cb2272579a3217b2156b5a10deed48389ad68
Version: 1.8.23-1
Installed-Size: 616
Maintainer: Emmanuel Bouthenot
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.5), libgsasl18 (>= 1.1), libsecret-1-0 (>= 0.7), debconf (>= 0.5) | debconf-2.0, adduser, ucf
Recommends: ca-certificates
Suggests: msmtp-mta
Conflicts: msmtp-gnome
Description: light SMTP client with support for server profiles
Description-md5: cb672817175b0fe547d71313e35a93e0
Homepage: https://marlam.de/msmtp/
Tag: mail::smtp, network::client, protocol::smtp, role::program,
security::authentication, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/msmtp/msmtp_1.8.23-1_amd64.deb
Size: 200720
MD5sum: d578d97c0bf087c1c905b2fe3b758924
SHA256: 30acdf76d4f8290a5b6d9b3ac29cb2272579a3217b2156b5a10deed48389ad68