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

Last updated: February 17,2025

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 install
            
                        
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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
            
                        
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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