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

Last updated: December 28,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "mutt" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install mutt on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "mutt" package

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

Package: mutt
Version: 2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 7121
Maintainer: Mutt maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: imap-client, mail-reader
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.5), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.33), libgpgme11 (>= 1.11.1), libgsasl18 (>= 1.1), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libtokyocabinet9 (>= 1.4.47), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Recommends: locales, mailcap, sensible-utils
Suggests: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, urlview, aspell | ispell, gnupg, openssl, ca-certificates
Description: text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading
Description-md5: 14c29b7cb02b614c08865f8fb8a0ac39
Homepage: http://www.mutt.org/
Tag: implemented-in::c, interface::text-mode, mail::imap, mail::pop,
mail::user-agent, network::client, protocol::imap, protocol::ipv6,
protocol::pop3, protocol::smtp, protocol::ssl, role::program,
uitoolkit::ncurses, use::editing, works-with::mail
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mutt/mutt_2.2.12-0.1~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1883572
MD5sum: 24056e9280938d09ac997a29e09f5408
SHA256: fadc0196d1862176f07bcb2f31ca18f9c777a6854a6e99d43d3d585bca04c6f0

Package: mutt
Version: 2.2.9-1+deb12u1
Installed-Size: 7105
Maintainer: Mutt maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Provides: imap-client, mail-reader
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libgnutls30 (>= 3.7.5), libgpg-error0 (>= 1.33), libgpgme11 (>= 1.11.1), libgsasl18 (>= 1.1), libgssapi-krb5-2 (>= 1.17), libidn2-0 (>= 2.0.0), libncursesw6 (>= 6), libtinfo6 (>= 6), libtokyocabinet9 (>= 1.4.47), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Suggests: default-mta | mail-transport-agent, urlview, aspell | ispell, gnupg, openssl, ca-certificates
Description: text-based mailreader supporting MIME, GPG, PGP and threading
Description-md5: 14c29b7cb02b614c08865f8fb8a0ac39
Homepage: http://www.mutt.org/
Recommends: locales, mailcap, sensible-utils
Section: mail
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/m/mutt/mutt_2.2.9-1+deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 1874864
SHA256: 4085847fe5caae996f1efe591bad50cbb6704f01537d4743453e15486391b3bd